A “Santa Paz e as “Justas Armas” : O tema da Guerra em António Ferreira

Resumo

Peace and War are conceptualized in the poetry of Antonio Ferreira through the prism of the subordination of the Arms to the Letters – of the «strong arms» to ‘sound letters’ - angle that implies an obligation of the King to protect and defend the Letters as a means to guarantee the state of peace in the kingdom. Moreover, in terms of the individual, obedience to reason and love for the «good books» ensure an inner peace that comes from victory over the world - the real enemy that we need to fight - and become indifferent the exterior condition – of peace or war - in which we live.