Sword of Portuguese King Dom Dinis (1279-1325)

fernando · 30th October 2022, 10:41 AM

You are right Filipe. I did not further expand on Dom Dinis biography as i thought i should not bore the members with such long story.
Yes, his cognomen was Lavrador (Farmer) but also Rei Poeta (Poet King). He did increment the Leiria Pine Forest started by his father. Besides this being a defence for agriculture, preventing the advance of damaging sands, this later became an added value in the XV century discoveries period, as the pine wood was fundamental for the building of caravels and so was the pitch to protect them.

30th October 2022, 10:41 AM	#15
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	You are right Filipe. I did not further expand on Dom Dinis biography as i thought i should not bore the members with such long story. Yes, his cognomen was Lavrador (Farmer) but also Rei Poeta (Poet King). He did increment the Leiria Pine Forest started by his father. Besides this being a defence for agriculture, preventing the advance of damaging sands, this later became an added value in the XV century discoveries period, as the pine wood was fundamental for the building of caravels and so was the pitch to protect them.