What is Medieval Spanish literature?
[[File:Libro del caballero Zifar, f32r.JPG|280px|thumb|''[[Libro del caballero Zifar]]'', f. 32r del manuscrito de París. «De cómmo una leona llevó a Garfín, el fijo mayor del cavallero Zifar»]] '''Medieval Spanish literature''' is the literature written in [[Old Spanish language|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 [[Middle Ages|medieval period]] and the [[Renaissance]]. == Books written during this period == * [[Kharja]], written in [[Mozarabic]] * [[Cantar de Mio Cid]] * ''[[El Conde Lucanor]]'', by [[Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena|Don Juan Manuel]] * ''[[Cantigas de Santa Maria|Las cantigas de Santa María]]'', written in Galician by [[Alfonso X of Castile|Alfonso X el Sabio]] * ''[[The Book of Good Love|Libro de buen amor]]'', by Juan Ruiz, or the [[Arcipreste de Hita]] * ''[[Coplas por la muerte de su padre|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 == * [http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/literature/history/ Brief literary history in donQuijote.org] * [https://web.arc