by Don Juan Manuel · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497405638
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«El conde Lucanor» is the collection of medieval tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Don Juan Manuel wrote this collection of tales in the 14th century with an exemplary intent. Count Lucanor presents his doubts to Patronio, his advisor, and each answer becomes a short story with a moral. The edition modernizes medieval Castilian to bring this classic closer to today's reader.
It belongs to the Odres Nuevos collection, with a version and prologue by Enrique Moreno Báez. 2013 edition.
For young readers and students of medieval Spanish literature.
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.
