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Berceo, Gonzalo de (gōnthä`lō thā bārthā`ō), c.1198–1265?, earliest known Spanish medieval poet. He was a religious in a Benedictine monastery who wrote prolifically on saints and other figures important in the history of the church. His devotion to the Virgin is expressed in 25 poems entitled Milagros de Nuestra Señora [miracles of Our Lady] (c.1245–60).
Berceo, Gonzalo de Born in the late 12th century in Berceo, province of Rioja; died there after 1246. Spanish poet and priest. Berceo was educated in a monastery. The first representative of “erudite poetry” in Spain, he wrote the collection Miracles of Our Lady, consisting of 25 stories in verse, the poems In Praise of Our Lady and The Sufferings of the Virgin, several lives of saints, and religious poems. An antiascetic element and a folkloric treatment of religious subjects are characteristic of Berceo’s work. Written in unaffected and colloquial language, Berceo’s work is close to folk poetry. WORKSPoetas espanñoles: Berceo. Selected, transcribed, and with a prologue by E. Nadal. Barcelona, 1940.REFERENCESCorro del Rosario, P. Gonzalo de Berceo: Estúdio crítico literario. Sāo Paulo [1933].Guerrieri Crocetti, C. Gonzalo de Berceo. Brescia, 1947. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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