Medieval Spanish literature

Medieval Spanish literature is the literature written in medieval Spanish between the beginning of the 13th and the end of the 15th century. Traditionally, the first and last works of this period are the Cantar de Mio Cid, an epic poem from 1207, and La Celestina (1499), a book considered a transition between the medieval period and the Renaissance.

Libro del caballero Zifar, f. 32r del manuscrito de París. «De cómmo una leona llevó a Garfín, el fijo mayor del cavallero Zifar»

Books written during this period

• Kharja, written in Mozarabic
• Cantar de Mio Cid
• El Conde Lucanor, by Don Juan Manuel
• Las cantigas de Santa María, written in Galician by Alfonso X el Sabio
• Libro de buen amor, by Juan Ruiz, or the Arcipreste de Hita
• Coplas a la muerte de su padre, by Jorge Manrique
• The Auto de los Reyes Magos
• Mystery Play of Elig

Writings on the subject

• Alvar, Carlos, José-Carlos Mainer y Rosa Navarro, Breve historia de la literatura española, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2005.
• Cañas Murillo, Jesús, La poesía medieval: de las jarchas al Renacimiento, Anaya, Madrid, 1990.
• Deyermond, A. D., Historia de la literatura española, 1. La Edad Media, Ariel, Barcelona, 1989.
• Deyermond, Alan, Edad Media. Primer suplemento, vol. 1/1 de Francisco Rico, Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Crítica, Barcelona, 1991.
• Pedraza Jiménez, Felipe B. y Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres, Las épocas de la literatura española, Ariel, Barcelona, 2006.
• Rubio Tovar, Joaquín, La prosa medieval, Playor, Madrid, 1982.

Other websites

• Brief literary history in donQuijote.org
• The medieval history through the texts
• Links about medieval Spanish literature
• Medieval Spanish poetry Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine