by Don Juan Manuel · Plaza & Janes S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401905469
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«El Conde Lucanor» is the collection of medieval tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Plaza & Janes in paperback and in Spanish.
An early work of Castilian prose, written in 1335. The volume is divided into four parts; the best known brings together 50 short tales from Aesop, other classical writers and popular Arab tales, with a didactic and moral intent.
Edition by José Manuel Fradejas Rueda in the Clásicos Plaza & Janes collection; published in 1984.
For those studying medieval Castilian literature and for school reading in high school.
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.
