Order of Christ: Bibliography

References:

Reference	Details	Notes
Lusiads:	'The Lusiads' by Luis Vaz De Camoes, Penguin Classics ISBN 0-14-044026-7	Classic literary work on the history of Portugal.
TCT:	'The Templar Castle of Tomar', Luis Maria Pedrosa dos Santos Graça	Guide book to the castle at Tomar with pictures and a brief history.
Morris:	'Tales of the Spanish Main'	Story book covering Columbus and later voyages in America
Boorstin:	'The Discoverers' by Daniel J Boorstin (Penguin 1986)	Interesting (but not always accurate) book covering in part the Portuguese age of discovery.
TGT:	Tourist Guide to Tomar	Leaflet on Tomar with some interesting local fact.
CdC:	'Convento De Cristo', Luis Maria Pedrosa dos Santos Graça	Substantial booklet on the castle at Tomar. Lots of pictures and descriptions.
TaL:	'The Temple and the Lodge'	Interesting book about possible connections between the Templars and Freemasonry.
MRW:	'The Medieval and Rennaisance World', Esmond Wright (ed.)	World history book.
MoW:	'The Monks of War' by Desmond Seward, Penguin ISBN 0-14-019501-7.	Interesting historical work on the military orders.
CbM:	'Conquest by Man' by Paul Herrman	History of discoveries.
Cardinale:	'Orders of Knighthood, Awards and the Holy See', Hygenius Eugene Cardinale (ed). Van Duren 1985.	Describes numerous religious orders, including a bit on the Order of Christ.
PQI:	'Portugal and The Quest for the Indies' by Christopher Bell	Good readable book on the Portuguese age of discovery.
SEM:	'Christopher Columbus: The Voyage of Discovery 1492' by Samuel Eliot Morison	Brief work on Columbus' voyage.
TPS:	'The Portugal Story' by John Dos Passos	Readable history of Portugal.
EPS:	"Evolution of the Portuguese Order of Santiago, 1492-1600", Francis A Dutra, Mediterranean Studies IV pp.63-72	Academic paper on the Order of Santiago, with some information on the Order of Christ.
MOC:	"Membership in the Order of Christ in the Sixteenth Century: Problems and Perspectives", Francis A Dutra, Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies I (1994), pp. 228-239	Academic paper on numbers of knights joining the Order of Christ.
FPE:	"Foundations of the Portuguese Empire 1415-1580", Bailey W Diffie & George D Winius	Academic work on the Portuguese age of discovery. Good for an objective view of Prince Henry.
PER:	"Prince Henry the Navigator: The Rise and Fall of a Culture Hero", P E Russell (Taylorian Special Lecture) Clarendon Press, Oxford 1984.	Lecture on Prince Henry: the man and the myth.
IE:	"Man of His Time (and Peers): A New Look at Henry the Navigator", Ivana Elbl, Luso-Brazilian Review 28:2 (Winter 1991), pp. 73-89.	Substantial academic paper on Prince Henry: the man and the myth.
URE:	"Prince Henry the Navigator", John Ure, Constable, London 1977	Readable and balanced biography. Brief, but (I believe) academically respected.
	"Prince Henry in Modern Perspective as Father of the "Descobrimentos", Charles Verlinden, (in George D. Winius, ed., Portugal the Pathfinder (Madison, 1995), pp. 81-88. )	Brief paper on Prince Henry and his achievements in the discoveries.
	"The Sign and the Seal", Graham Hancock, Touchstone Books, ISBN 0-671-86541-2.	Aims to show that the Ark of the Covenant is now in Ethiopia, and along the way ties in the Templars, and the Portuguese expeditions to Ethiopia. Very interesting, very speculative.
TPC:	"The Portuguese Columbus - Secret Agent of King John II" by Mascarenhas Barreto, St. Martin's Press, NY, ISBN 0-312-07948-6.	Long and somewhat obsessive book aiming to show that Columbus was a Portuguese member of the Order of Christ, charged with "misleading" the spanish to a western route to the Indies whilst Portugal went round Africa.
LES:	"Lodestone and Evening Star", Ian Cameron	History of epic discoveries.
PSE:	"The Portuguese Seaborne Empire 1415 - 1825", Charles R Boxer (1969, Penguin 1973)	Starts with a brief history of the discoveries.

Books I want to read one day...

Details	Notes
Monumenta Henricina. 15 vols. (Coimbra, 1960-1974)	The book on Henry the Navigator - a collection of documents and contemporary accounts. Everything that ever involved Henry was to be included and the editor was apparantly fairly successful. I'll need a lot of time and Portuguese for this!
A Casa Senhorial Do Infante D. Henrique, Joao Silva de Sousa (Lisbon: Livros Horizonte 1991).	Contains maps tracing Henry's whereabouts, lists of positions in his household, etc.
"The Columbus Conspiracy" by Michael Bradley, A&B Book Publishers, Brooklyn., NY, ISBN 1-881316-11-4. Chapter 7 "The Portuguese Connection".
"A Missao Templaria Nos Descobrimentos", Rainer Daehnhardt , Edicoes Acropole, ISBN-972-9026-38-6	Interesting Templar book?
"Templarios Aspectos Secretos da Ordem", Rainer Daehnhardt , Edicoes Acropole, ISBN-972-9026-31-9.	Interesting Templar book?
RD: "A Missao que falta Cumprir", Vol I: Arquetipos e Mitos, Eduardo Amarante/ Rainer Daehnhardt, Edicoes Nova Acropole, ,Porto, Portugal, 1994, ISBN-972-9026-46-7	Has an interesting reference to the Church at Tomar (see the Tomar page).
"A Vida e Obra do Infante D. Henrique", Vitorino Nemesio
"The Portuguese Seaborne Empire 1415 - 1825", Charles R Boxer (1969, Penguin 1973)
"Lost Cities of Atlantis, Ancient Europe & The Mediterranean", David Hatcher Childress (Adventures Unlimited Press, Illinois USA, ISBN 0-932813-25-9)	Apparantly links Henry the Navigator to William Sinclair of Scotland.
"Historia dos Templarios Em Portugal: Expansao Territorial", (History of the Templars in Portugal: Territorial Expansion) by Andre Jean Paraschi, Ed Brochado, Sol Invictus, 1991;
: "Historia dos Templarios Em Portugal: A Fundacao e os Mestres da Ordem", (History of the Templars in Portugal: The Foundation and the Masters of the Order) by Andre Jean Paraschi, Ed Brochado, Sol Invictus, 1992;
"Portugal Magico dos Templarios: Roteiro de Locais e Monumentos Templarios de Portugal", ( The Magical Portugal of the Templars: Guide to the Templar Sites and the Monuments of Portugal), Andre Jean Paraschi, Ed Brochado, Centro Internacional Estudos Templarios, 1993.
"Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were" by Donald S Johnson, Walker & Walker and Co, ISBN 0802713203	More on Antila
"Henry the Navigator: Master Teacher of Explorers", Charnan Simon
"Prelude to Empire: Portugal Overseas before Henry the Navigator", Bailey W. Diffie
"Prince Henry the Navigator", Edward G Bourne
"Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal & of Modern Discovery 1394-1460", Charles R Beazley	I think this is the arch-heroic version of Henry's life.
"A Wind from the North, the Life of Henry the Navigator", Ernle Bradford, Harcourt, Brace & Co. NY	Contains information on Ramon Lull's prophecy that the Portuguese would one day capture Ceuta and circumnavigate Africa.
"Historia da Igreja", Fortunato de Almeida	I'm told this has the best short account of the Portuguese military orders, and quotes documents from the early 1320s on number of knights and clerics in the Order of Christ at that time.