Gonzalo de Berceo
Illustration — Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo (c. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style of verse which has been called Mester de Clerecía, shared with more secular productions such as the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de Apolonio. Berceo wrote in the Old Riojan dialect.
Gonzalo de Berceo
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- Nationality
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Occupation
- poet · catholic priest · writer · latin catholic monk
- Fields
- poetry
- Known for
- Del sacrificio de la misa · El duelo de la Virgen · Martirio de san Lorenzo · Poema de Santa Oria · Miracles of Our Lady · Los signos del juicio final · Loores de Nuestra Señora · Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla
- Languages
- Old Spanish · Basque · medieval Latin
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Illustration — Gonzalo de Berceo Gonzalo de Berceo (c. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style of verse which has been called Mester de Clerecía, shared with more secular productions such as the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de Apolonio. Berceo wrote in the Old Riojan dialect.
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Born at Berceo in 1196, died at San Millán de la Cogolla in 1260.
The recorded working language is Old Spanish, Basque and medieval Latin. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Works named in the authority record are Del sacrificio de la misa, El duelo de la Virgen, Martirio de san Lorenzo, Poema de Santa Oria, Miracles of Our Lady and Los signos del juicio final.
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Berceo.
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San Millán de la Cogolla.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Malkiel, Yakov. Paradigmatic Resistance to Sound Change: The Old Spanish Preterite Forms vide, vido against the Background of the Recession of Primary -d-. Language. Linguistic Society of America. 36. 3. 281–346. 1960.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- de Berceo, Gonzalo. The collected works of Gonzalo de Berceo in English translation. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Publications. 2008. 978-0-86698-373-0.
- Capuano, Thomas M. Images of the Here-and-Now in Gonzalo de Bercero's "De los signos que apareceran ante del juicio". Essays in Medieval Studies, Proceedings of the Illinois Medieval Association. (10) 65. 1993.
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