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Silva, Miguel da

Born: 1475–80, Évora

Died: 5 June 1556, Rome

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Miguel da Silva played a seminal role in transmitting diverse facets of Italian humanist thought and scholarship to Portugal. The foundation for his mediating role was primarily his scholarly dialogue with writers, architects, and artists in Italy and Portugal. Pursuit of his wide-ranging scholarly interests was combined with his diplomatic, political, and ecclesiastical roles as Portuguese ambassador to the Holy See, first minister to John III of Portugal, and finally cardinal during the papacy of Paul III.

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  • See the work of Deswarte-Rosa for publications containing writings by da Silva

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  • Deswarte-Rosa, Sylvie. 1988. La Rome de D. Miguel da Silva (1515–1525). Lisboa: Academia das Ciências.

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  • Deswarte-Rosa, Sylvie. 1989. Il perfetto cortegiano D. Miguel da Silva. Roma: Bulzoni.

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  • Deswarte-Rosa, Sylvie. 1992. Ideias e imagens em Portugal na época dos descobrimentos: Francisco de Holanda e a teoria da arte, Memória e sociedade. Lisboa: Difel.

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Roe, J. (2019). Silva, Miguel da. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_702-1

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