The Book of Good Love
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The Book of Good Love, considered to be one of the masterpieces of Spanish poetry, is a pseudo-biographical account of romantic adventures by Juan Ruiz, the Archpriest of Hita, the earliest version of
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Mester de clerecía
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Mester de Clerecía is a Spanish literature genre that can be understood as an opposition and surpassing of Mester de Juglaría. It was cultivated in the 13th century by Spanish learned poets, usually c
The Book of Good Love
…dates from 1330; the author completed it with revisions and expansions in 1343. The work is considered the best piece in the medieval genre known as mester de clerecía. The Book begins with prayers and a guide as to how to read the work, followed by stories each containing a moral and often comical tale…
Libro de Alexandre, 13th century; this has been regarded as the declaration of principles of the "mester de clerecía": Mester traigo fermoso, non es de joglaría mester es sin pecado, ca es de clerezía fablar curso rimado por la cuaderna vía a sílabas cuntadas, ca es grant maestría.— Libro de Alexandre, vv. 5-8.