Mattoso, José

\"José Joí£o da Conceií§í£o Goní§alves Mattoso (born at Leiria, 1933) is a Portuguese medievalist and university professor. Mattoso earned his doctoral degree in medieval history from the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium, in 1966 (with a thesis on the abbey of Pendorada - \"L'Abbaye de Pendorada : des Origines í  1160\"), while he was Benedictine monk at the Abbey of . He returned to secular life in 1970, and taught at the University of Lisbon and at the New University of Lisbon. He was also a director of National Archives / Torre do Tombo. He is recognized in Portugal and internationally as one of the most distinguished scholars of the history of medieval Portugal, and much of his scholarly work is largely devoted to that period. His works include, among others, \"Ricos homens, Infaní§íµes e Cavaleiros\" (on the medieval society), \"Fragments of a Medieval Composition\" (in response to the arguments of Antonio Borges Coelho), and \"Identification of A country Essay on the Origins of Portugal (1096-1325)\" (Vol. I - 'Opposition' vol. II - 'Composition'), with five editions constantly revised and updated between 1985 and 1995. Mattoso was awarded the Alfredo Pimenta prize of Medieval History, and the non-fiction Prize of Pen club for this work. He was also awarded the Fernando Pessoa Prize in 1987, among other important distinctions. He acted as the scientific editor of a History of Portugal (1993-1995) in eight volumes.\"

\"José Mattoso (Leiria, 1933) es un historiador y medievalista portugués. Antiguo profesor en la Universidad de Lisboa, pasó más tarde a ser catedrático de la Universidad Nueva de Lisboa. Ganador del Premio Pessoa en 1987, es considerado \"uno de los grandes medievalistas portugueses\". Es autor de obras como Le monachisme ibérique et Cluny. Les monastí¨res du diocí¨se de Porto de l'an mille à 1200 (Publ. univers., 1968), su tesis doctoral; A nobreza medieval portuguesa. A famí­lia e o poder (Editorial Estampa, 1981); Ricos-homens, infaní§íµes e cavaleiros: a nobreza medieval portuguesa nos séculos XI e XII (1982); Narrativas dos Livros de Linhagens, seleí§í£o, introduí§í£o e comentários (1983); Identificaí§í£o de um paí­s. Ensaio sobre as origens de Portugal 1096-1325 (Editorial Estampa, 1985); In Religií£o e Cultura na Idade Média Portuguesa (Editora Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1982), A Dignidade: Konis Santana e a Resistíªncia Timorense (Temas e Debates, 2005), sobre la ocupación por parte de Indonesia de Timor Oriental; o D. Afonso Henriques (Cí­rculo de Leitores, 2006), una biografí­a de Alfonso I de Portugal;entre otras. Entre sus discí­pulos se encuentra el fallecido , junto a quien escribió A Terra de Santa Maria nos Séculos XI a XIII (Estampa, 1989), también con Amélia Andrade. Ha sido también coordinador de Historia de Portugal (1993-1995), un total de ocho volúmenes; director de História da vida privada em Portugal, publicada en cuatro volúmenes; o editor de O reino dos mortos na idade média peninsular (Joí£o Sá da Costa, 1996); entre otras muchas obras.\"