Gil Vicente
By:Sophia King
Biography
- Gil Vicente was born in Guimaraes, Portugal in the year 1465
- he spent his life in Portugal and influenced the Portuguese Renaissance
- Gil Vicente is believed to have studied in Salamanca, and he first studied law before changing his career to literature
- Gil Vicente was an apprentice to Martim Vicente who worked as a goldsmith
- Vicente’s lifestyle was very busy, especially when he was left with his two kids after his first wife's death
- Vicente also had ties to the court because Kings Manuel I and King John III were his patrons
- one time Vicente dressed a herdsman and performed one of his literary works
- his performance gained him the support and interest from the public
- Queen Leonor is amused with Vicente's work and commissions work from him
- Branca Bezerra was Vicente's wife and together they had two children
- in approximately 1513 Branca Bezerra died and leaves her children behind along with Vicente
- Melicia Rodrigues is Gil Vicente's second wife and they have three children together
- Queen Leonor dies in 1525, and although Vicente complains due to hard times, he produces some of his most famous works in this time period
- Vicente is believed to have died in 1536 in Evora, Portugual
- one of Gil Vicente's sons Luis published some of his father's works in 1562
- Gil Vicente's created novels and plays, and two of his plays consist of Don Duardos and Triologia das Barcas (Trilogy of the Ships)
- Vicente's only known patrons were Queen Leonor and Portuguese Kings Manuel I and King John III
- Vicente's plays and novels follow the ideas of both idealism and humanism
- Idealism changed the ideas of simplicity and stressed idea over observation and Gil Vicente's work resembled his own ideas closely
- Humanism was the literary movement and Gil Vicente's paintings triggered the Portuguese Renaissance
Don Duardos
Teatro Castellano
The Ship of Hell
Trilogy of the Ships
ISM: The Trilogy of the Ships is most related to Humanism, because Humanism is the literary movement and Gil Vicente's paintings triggered the Portuguese Renaissance and the Iberian Renaissance.
**Unfortunately, The Trilogy of Ships is not in a museum or library, and it is only published in the two languages Vicente wrote in, Spanish and Portuguese. I wish that this play was internationally published in a variety of languages because it has such a good plot and seems like an interesting piece to read.**
Interesting Facts
* Gil Vicente was a Renaissance Man because he was a goldsmith and created many statues and he wrote plays,books and poetry
* it is believed that Vicente died because he often defended the Jewish people who converted to Christianity
Academic Theater of Gil Vicente
Works Cited
"Coimbra: Teatro Académico Gil Vicente Dedica Ciclo a Novos Criadores."Coimbra: Teatro Académico Gil Vicente Dedica Ciclo a Novos Criadores. N.p., 2015. Web. 03 Dec. 2015."Gil Vicente." Amazon.com: : Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
"Gil Vicente." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 1 Dec. 2015.
"Gil Vicente Facts." Encyclopedia of World Biography. N.p., 2010. Web. 3 Dec. 2015.
Out Of The Wings. King's College London, 2015. Web. 3 Dec. 2015.
Siddharta Bookstore. N.p., 2013. Web. 2 Dec. 2015.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Sept. 2015. Web. 01 Dec. 2015.