by Juan Manuel, María Jesús Lacarra · Editorial Orbis · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440204394
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«El conde Lucanor» is the book of moralizing tales by Juan Manuel, edited by María Jesús Lacarra, published by Editorial Orbis in hardcover (307 pages).
El conde Lucanor presents the consultations of a young nobleman with his advisor Patronio, who responds with brief stories of moral intent. The fifty-one examples offer a portrait of fourteenth-century society and unite ethical teaching with entertainment, in a fundamental work of medieval Castilian prose.
This 1988 edition, in Spanish, includes the study and revision by medievalist María Jesús Lacarra.
For readers and scholars of medieval Spanish literature who want to discover one of the classics of the moral 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.
