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Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta

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50:, purveyor of the Lisbon Mint. He had come to Brazil at age 12 in 1695 to work as a servant, eventually becoming a successful businessman. According to Tristão de Ataíde, the family was one of the most significant in Brazil. At the time of their marriage, José was already one of the richest men in São Paulo, owner of properties in the city as well as gold and diamond lands in 64:
After her husband died, when she was just 42 years old, Silva e Orta was accused of lying to King José about her youngest son's secret relationship with a wealthy woman. As a result, by order of the Marquis of Pombal, Silva e Orta was held captive for seven years in the Monastery of Ferreira de Aves.
61:, Silva e Orta and her sister studied at Convento das Trinas, in preparation for joining a religious order. Instead, she married Pedro Jansen Moller van Praet with whom she had twelve children. She was fluent in Portuguese, French and Italian. 323: 149:
Adventures of Dióphanes, imitating Sapientissimo Fenelon on his Telemachus Journey by Dorothea Engrassia Tavareda Dalmira. Its true author Alexandre de Gusmão
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Theresa Margarida da Silva e Horta, locked up in the Ferreira monastery, sends her just tears to the heavens in the following epic-tragic poem,
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Maxims of virtue, and ferocity with which Diofanes, Clyminea, and Hemirena Principes of Thebes overcame the toughest challenges of misfortune,
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At the age of six, she moved with her parents to Portugal, where she remained for the rest of her life. Upon the family's return to
98: 110:. Early printings of some of her works featured an incorrect author; instead of Silva e Orta, they show the name of a man. 30:
era. She is considered the first female novelist in the Portuguese language. She initially published under the pseudonym
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C. R. Boxer: Women in Iberian Expansion Overseas: Some Facts, Fancies and Personalities. (Oxford University Press, 1975)
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Ennes, Ernesto. “Teresa Margarida Da Silva e Orta, a Brazilian Collaborator in the Anti-Jesuit Propaganda of Pombal.”
186: 47: 173:(1752), there are also the texts she wrote in the cloister of the Monastery of Ferreira de Aves. They are the 154:
History of Diophanes, Clymenea and Hemyrena, Princes of Thebes. Moral History written by human Lady Portuguese
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In 1777, she was released and moved in with her brother-in-law, Joaquim Jansen Moller.
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Adventures of Dióphanes, Imitating the very wise Fenelon on his Journey to Telemachus
51: 238: 43: 107: 246: 106:, recommending instead that the King should follow a policy of enlightened 189:, and critical texts by Ernesto Ennes, Tristão de Athayde and Rui Bloem. 85: 58: 275: 169:, from the Revisões Series, published in 1993, in addition to 126:
Dedicatory letter to Abbess D. Anna Josepha of Castel-Branco
183:Petition that the prey makes to Queen N. Senhora 140:Lisbon, Officina Miguel Manescal da Costa, 1752. 88:in 1752 and reissued in 1777 under the title 8: 16:Brazilian-born Portuguese writer (1711–1793) 34:, which is a perfect anagram of her name. 68:She died in 1793, at the age of eighty. 198: 324:18th-century Portuguese women writers 26:) was a Brazilian-born author of the 7: 262: 260: 258: 256: 216: 214: 212: 210: 208: 206: 204: 202: 121:Novena of the Patriarch St. Benedict 32:Dorotéia Engrassia Tavareda Dalmira 156:, Lisbon, Typographia Rollandiana, 14: 179:Novena of the patriarch São Bento 24:Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta 20:Margarida Teresa da Silva e Orta 319:18th-century Portuguese writers 221:Martins, Ana Margarida (2019). 334:18th-century Brazilian writers 171:Maxims of Virtue and Formosura 78:Maximas de Virtude e Formosura 22:(1711–1793) (often written as 1: 239:10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136 102:, it contains a criticism of 82:Maxims of Virtue and Beauty 350: 270:2, no. 4 (1946): 423–30. 329:Writers from São Paulo 90:Aventuras de Diófanes 314:Portuguese writers 227:Portuguese Studies 76:Her chief work is 341: 288: 285: 279: 264: 251: 250: 218: 175:Epic-tragic Poem 161:Posthumous works 104:royal absolutism 84:), published in 42:She was born in 349: 348: 344: 343: 342: 340: 339: 338: 294: 293: 292: 291: 286: 282: 265: 254: 220: 219: 200: 195: 187:Barbosa Machado 163: 134: 116: 74: 48:Order of Christ 40: 17: 12: 11: 5: 347: 345: 337: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 296: 295: 290: 289: 280: 276:10.2307/977713 252: 197: 196: 194: 191: 162: 159: 158: 157: 151: 146: 141: 133: 130: 129: 128: 123: 115: 112: 73: 70: 39: 36: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 346: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 301: 299: 284: 281: 277: 273: 269: 263: 261: 259: 257: 253: 248: 244: 240: 236: 233:(2): 136–53. 232: 228: 224: 217: 215: 213: 211: 209: 207: 205: 203: 199: 192: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 160: 155: 152: 150: 147: 145: 142: 139: 136: 135: 131: 127: 124: 122: 118: 117: 113: 111: 109: 105: 101: 100: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 71: 69: 66: 62: 60: 55: 53: 49: 45: 37: 35: 33: 29: 28:Enlightenment 25: 21: 283: 268:The Americas 267: 230: 226: 182: 178: 174: 170: 167:Obra Reunida 166: 165:In the book 164: 153: 148: 143: 137: 125: 120: 97: 89: 81: 77: 75: 67: 63: 56: 52:Minas Gerais 41: 31: 23: 19: 18: 309:1793 deaths 304:1711 births 114:Handwritten 108:paternalism 92:. Based on 298:Categories 193:References 247:0267-5315 99:Télémaque 96:'s novel 44:São Paulo 38:Biography 181:and the 132:Printed 94:Fénelon 245:  177:, the 86:Lisbon 59:Lisbon 72:Works 243:ISSN 272:doi 235:doi 300:: 255:^ 241:. 231:35 229:. 225:. 201:^ 54:. 278:. 274:: 249:. 237:: 80:(

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Enlightenment
São Paulo
Order of Christ
Minas Gerais
Lisbon
Lisbon
Fénelon
Télémaque
royal absolutism
paternalism
Barbosa Machado








"Teresa Margarida da Silva Orta (1711–1793): A Minor Transnational of the Brown Atlantic"
doi
10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136
ISSN
0267-5315




doi
10.2307/977713

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