Key Points

• First Castilian poet known by name

• Refined religious verse style

• Portraits a simple and pure religious faith with abundance of rustic images, picturesque details and everyday scenes (Lateran reforms)

• He is a vulgarizer of Christian theology

• Excellent example of the religious poem style Mester de Clerecía

• Use of the “cuaderna vía” verse (14- syllable verses arranged in quatrains with a single rhyme)

• He transferred numerous vocabulary from Latin into Spanish

• Great source to understand medieval theological thought

Relevant Works

• Milagros de Nuestra Señora

• Duelo de la virgen

• Loores de la Virgen

• Del scarifico de la misa

• Los signos del juicio final

• Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla

• Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos