by Don Juan Manuel · Orbis. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475301778
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«El conde Lucanor» is the collection of medieval tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Orbis in hardback (191 pages, in Spanish).
Written in the 14th century, it brings together fifty apologues in which Count Lucanor presents his doubts to his tutor Patronio, who responds with an exemplary tale from which a moral and practical lesson emerges. Considered one of the first works in Castilian prose, it combines classical, Eastern and popular tradition sources.
«El conde Lucanor» was originally written around 1335; this 1983 Orbis volume belongs to the Historia de la Literatura Española Collection no. 36.
A work commonly read in education and a reference for those approaching medieval Spanish literature and the exemplary tale.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
