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Alexandre Herculano
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Portuguese writer, poet, journalist (1810-1877)

Also known as: Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Herculano, Алешандре Эркулану, アレシャンドレ・エルクラーノ, 亞歷山大·埃爾庫拉諾

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Known works

  • A Europa e nós--uma polémica de 1853 (1996)
  • A reacção ultramontana em Portugal; ou, A Concordata de 21 de fevereiro (1857)
  • Alexandre Herculano
  • História da origem e estabelecimento da inquisição em Portugal (1975)
  • Da Eschola Polytechnica e do Collegio dos Nobre (1841)