Key Points

• Pre-Renaissance poet and writer

• Chaplain of King Juan II of Castile and Archpriest of Talavera

• Most important exponent of Castilian prose from the first half of the 15th century

• Known by his writings against worldly love and lust

• Characterized by a lively, intense and conversational style, intensified with humorous notes

• Language latinized by hyperbaton and cultisms

• Grotesque mix of the obscene with ascetic spirituality

Relevant Works

• Corbacho o Reprobación del amor mundano

• Vida de San Isidoro

• Vida de San Ildefonso

• Atalaya de las crónicas