His verse epic on the life and execution of Mary Queen of Scots gained him a doctorate in theology from the Collegium Sapientiae and the cross of the Order of Malta.
His verse epic on the life and execution of Mary Queen of Scots gained him a doctorate in theology from the Collegium Sapientiae and the cross of the Order of Malta. He defended his decision to shun traditional dramatic norms in his The New Art of Writing Plays, and his first wife, Isabel de Urbino, figured into his poetry and plays as the character Belisa. Writer of plays such as Punishment Without Vengeance and La Hermosura de Angelica, he may be best known for the tale of an uprising against Fernandez Gomez, the tyrant of Fuenteovejuna. For 10 points, identify this author of The Sheep Well and about 1800 other plays of the Spanish Golden Age.
His verse epic on the life and execution of Mary Queen of Scots gained him a doctorate in theology from the Collegium Sapientiae and the cross of the Order of Malta.
{Lope} Félix De Vega Carpio [or Lope de {Vega}]