Medieval Spanish literature

Medieval Spanish literature is the literature written in 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 medieval period and the Renaissance.

 Books written during this period 
 Kharja, written in Mozarabic
 Cantar de Mio Cid
 El Conde Lucanor, by Don Juan Manuel
 Las cantigas de Santa María, written in Galician by Alfonso X el Sabio
 Libro de buen amor, by Juan Ruiz, or the Arcipreste de Hita
 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 
 Brief literary history in donQuijote.org
 The medieval history through the texts
 Links about medieval Spanish literature
 Medieval Spanish poetry 

Category:Spanish literature