![]() Advocating the validity of the prophetical verses of a sixteenth-century cobbler, Bandarra, Vieira interpreted recent Portuguese history, drawing attention to the events of the Restoration wars against Spain, particularly in Brazil and Portuguese overseas domains. ![]() Written by Vieira while in the Amazon forest, it was a mixture of letter, tract, and prophetic commentary, in which the Jesuit defended the resurrection of the late John IV in order to fulfill the imperial destiny of Portugal as head of the last empire on earth. ![]() “Hopes of Portugal” (1659) is one of the key sources for Luso-Brazilian messianism and the Fifth Empire project built by the Jesuit Antônio Vieira (1608–1697). ![]()
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