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Cárcel De Amor
Diego de San Pedro (c. 1437 – c. 1498) was a Castilians, Castilian writer. Little is known about him, besides what is included in his works. Scholars also rely on what they infer from the context in which he wrote and the many nobles to whom he has been linked. Life According to San Pedro's prologues in ''Tractado de amores de Arnalte y Lucenda'' (The Love Between Arnalte and Lucenda), ''Cárcel de amor'' (The Prison of Love), and ''Desprecio de la Fortuna'' (The Disdain of Fortune), San Pedro could not have written before 1470. The ''Tractado de amores de Arnalte y Lucenda'' is dedicated to Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabel's Lady-in-waiting, ladies-in-waiting and to the queen herself. Its second edition describes San Pedro as a servant of Don Juan Téllez-Girón, Duke of Osuna, Count of Urueña. Don Juan was powerful, because he was the Sibling, half brother of Isabel and was favored by King Henry IV of Castile, Enrique IV of Castile. San Pedro dedicated ''Desprecio de la F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castilians
Castilians (Spanish: ''castellanos'') are those people who live in certain former areas of the historical Kingdom of Castile, but the region's exact limits are disputed. A broader definition is to consider as Castilians the population belonging to the Iberian peninsular territories and the Canary Islands, which were controlled by the Crown of Castile and included a large part of the Iberian Peninsula. However, not all people in the regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For that reason, the exact limits of what is Castilian today are disputed. The western parts of Castile and León (that is, the Region of León), Cantabria and La Rioja are often also included in the definition, but that is controversial for historical reasons and for the strong sense of unique cultural identity of those regions. The Province of Albacete is also often included, but it was previously has part of the Region of Murcia. As an ethnicity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |