Cancionero de Baena
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The Cancionero de Baena was compiled between around 1426 to 1430 by the Marrano
Juan Alfonso de Baena
for John II of Castile
. Its full title is Cancionero del Judino Juan Alfonso de Baena.
It includes works by 56 poets, each briefly introduced, who were writing from 1370 onwards. Its prologue praises the value of the word and the art of poetry. The Cancionero includes poetry by such poets as:
The work was first published at Madrid
in 1851.
Marrano
Marranos were Jews living in the Iberian peninsula who converted to Christianity rather than be expelled but continued to observe rabbinic Judaism in secret...
Juan Alfonso de Baena
Juan Alfonso de Baena
Juan Alfonso de Baena was a Castilian troubadour. Born at Baena, he served as escribano escribiente at the court of John II of Castile. He was a Marrano...
for John II of Castile
John II of Castile
John II was King of Castile from 1406 to 1454.He was the son of Henry III of Castile and his wife Catherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by Constance of Castile, daughter of King Peter of Castile.-Regency:He succeeded his father on 25 December 1406, at the age of...
. Its full title is Cancionero del Judino Juan Alfonso de Baena.
It includes works by 56 poets, each briefly introduced, who were writing from 1370 onwards. Its prologue praises the value of the word and the art of poetry. The Cancionero includes poetry by such poets as:
- Pero FerrúsPero FerrúsPero Ferrús was a Castilian poet. He lived in Alcalá de Henares....
- Juan Rodríguez de la CámaraJuan Rodríguez de la CámaraJuan Rodríguez de la Cámara , also known as Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, was a Galician writer and poet, considered the last poet of the Galician school.Born in Padrón, he was born to a hidalgo family...
- Francisco ImperialFrancisco ImperialFrancisco Imperial was a Genoese poet who lived in Seville and wrote lyric and allegorical poetry in Spanish around the turn of the 15th century. All of his preserved poetry can be found in the Cancionero de Baena.- Life :...
The work was first published at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
in 1851.