Carta em resposta a outra do Sr. Alexandre Herculano que tem por titulo Solemnia verba.

Lisbon, Imprensa de Francisco Xavier de Souza, 1850.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, later plain wrappers. Uncut. Light browning. In good condition. 12 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Part of the Eu e o Clero pamphlet war: the author politely disagrees with Herculano.In volume I of his Historia de Portugal, 1846, Alexandre Herculano called the Battle of Ourique a "pious fraud." Legend had it that D. Afonso saw an apparition of Christ at Ourique in 1139, and that year is traditionally used as the foundation date for the Portuguese monarchy. The clergy and the press attacked Herculano for lacking patriotism and piety. In Eu e o clero, 1850 (addressed to the cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon), Herculano denounced the fanaticism and ignorance of the Portuguese clergy. The controversy this set off continued for some years. Herculano's statements on the Battle of Ourique are today accepted as correct.The author (1806-1877), a native of in Extremoz (in the Alemtejo), was son of General Antonio Tavares Maggessi and himself a captain in the cavalry.*** On the author, see Innocêncio I, 190 (this work not listed); on Eu e o clero, see Innocêncio II, 243-6 (this is nº 12). Porbase locates two copies at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and one at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates a copy each at British Library and Liverpool University. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase. NUC: MH.