Timeline
Lifetime:
1465 -
1537
Passed: ≈
487 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Gil Vicente
Books by Gil Vicente
Auto da barca do inferno
Satire
Comedy
Drama
Religion
Morality
Religion
Death
Satire
Medieval
Hell
Greed
Judgment
Hypocrisy
social commentary
Heaven
Portuguese
Gil Vicente's *Auto da Barca do Inferno* is a Portuguese morality play that satirizes the vices and follies of humanity. The play depicts the arrival of various characters, both good and bad, at the point of death. They are then judged by an angel an...