In 1528 Francisco Delicado wrote "", a novel in the orbit of "La Celestina", and in 1599 the Sevillian Mateo Alemán wrote the first part of "Guzmán de Alfarache", the first picaresque novel with a known author.
Leta 1492 je Antonio de Nebrija objavil svojo znamenito "Gramática de la lengua castellana" ("slovnica kastiljščine"), prvo takšno delo sodobnega evropskega jezika.