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Pedro de Escavias
(164 words)
1417? - 1482/1500. Castile (Iberia). Alcaide (Head of the Garrison) and Alcalde Mayor of Andújar (Jaén), a city he turned into a loyalist stronghold during the years of the revolts of the nobility against King Enrique IV (1460-1473). Author of
Repertorio de príncipes de España (Index of Princes of Spain).The
Repertorio is a prose historical summary composed in 1467-70 (chapters 1-146) and 1475 (chapter 147). It is essentially an account of Spanish history, starting with the foundation of Spain by Hercules, up to the death of King Enrique IV. Its main sources are Alfonso X's
Estoria de Esp…
Date:
2021-04-15
Santa María, Pablo de
(653 words)
[Selomoh ha-Levi; Paulus Burgensis] 14th-15th century. Castile (Iberia). Born Jewish, Rabbi of Burgos (1379), converted to Christianity on 21 July 1390. Brother of Alvar García de Santa María. Bishop of Cartagena and Bishop of Burgos, member of the Regency Council, Chancellor of Castile, tutor of Juan II of Castile. Father of Alonso de Cartagena. Author of
Las Siete Edades del Mundo and
Suma de las Corónicas de España .
Las Siete Edades del Mundo (the seven ages of the world) is a universal chronicle written in verse in 1416-18, organized according to a scheme of
aetates (see Six Ages of …
Date:
2021-04-15
Valera, Diego de
(708 words)
1412-88? Castile.
Cronista Real (Royal Chronicler) to the Catholic Monarchs. Castilian knighted in 1435, Valera was an active figure in the courts ofJuan II, Enrique IV and the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Fernando, whom he served as a diplomat (embassies to Denmark, 1442, and France, 1444 and 1478) and in various political posts. He participated in military actions in the campaigns against the Moorish kingdom of Granada, and also in chivalric jousts and tournaments in several European countries. In the royal service he composed a series of historical works:
Crónica abreviada de Es…
Date:
2021-04-15
Cartagena, Alonso de
(698 words)
[Alfonso] 1384/5-1456. Castile (Iberia). Born Jewish, converted to Christianity (21 July 1390). Diplomat, dean of Santiago de Compostela (1415) and Segovia (1418), and Bishop of Burgos (1435). Author of the Latin
Anacephaleosis, and in Castilian of first drafts of
Compilación de las batallas campales (Summary of the Pitched Battles) and
Valerio de las Estorias de España (Valerius of the Histories of Spain - a text he originally planned to write in Latin), drafts that were used by Cartagena's disciple Diego Rodríguez de Almela as the basis for his final versions of these texts.
Anacephal…
Date:
2021-04-15
Juan Manuel
(370 words)
1282-1348. Castile (Iberia). Author of the
Crónica abreviada, and perhaps of a
Crónica conplida. Juan Manuel was the son of Infant don Manuel and grandson of Fernando III of Castile and León. One of the most important figures of the Castilian political landscape of the 14th century, he was one of the regents of the kingdom during the minority of Alfonso XI, and was appointed Adelantado Mayor (Lieutenant-Governor) of the former Moorish Kingdom of Murcia. For many years he was in open rebellion against Alfonso.The
Crónica conplida (complete chronicle) is now lost. We know of its ex…
Date:
2021-04-15
Juan de Flores
(304 words)
1440/45?-1503/23? Castile (Iberia). Juan obtained a degree, thought to be in Canon Law, from the University of Salamanca, where he was probably born. He was a member of the
Consejo Real (Royal Council) from 1475, and was appointed
Cronista Real (Royal Chronicler) on 20th May 1476. He is the author of romances and other works of sentimental character, such as
Grimalte y Gradissa (1486),
Grisel y Mirabella (ca 1480-85), and
Triunfo de Amor (1475-76). He may also be the author of
Coronación de la señora Gracisla.The
Crónica incompleta de los Reyes Católicos is a prose account in Castilia…
Date:
2021-04-15
