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111Leonese language — Llengua Llionesa, llionés Spoken in  Spain …
112Fernando Sánchez de Tovar — Infobox Military Person name= Fernando Sánchez de Tovar caption= born= died= 1384 placeofbirth= Castile placeofdeath= Lisbon, Portugal nickname= allegiance= branch= serviceyears= 1357–1384 rank= Admiral unit= commands= Atlantic expeditionary… …
113Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española — The Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española or DRAE is the most authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. It is produced, edited, and published by the Real Academia Española (RAE – Royal Spanish Academy); the first… …
114Laberinto de Fortuna — ( Labyrinth of Fortune ) is the major work of Juan de Mena, who completed the poem in 1444. It is an epic poem written in “arte mayor” (verses of 12 syllables). Though the title implies an examination of Fortune, the work is essentially a… …
115Spanish Renaissance literature — is the literature written in Spain during the Renaissance.IntroductionThe political, religious, literary, and war relations between Italy and Spain since the second half of the 15th century caused a remarkable cultural interchange between these… …
116Literature of Alfonso X — which was the language of prestige at that time. Although the works are generally attributed to Alfonso X, being a king with other business to deal with he did not himself write most of them. Instead, Alfonso’s role was that of choosing works to… …
117Emirate of Granada — Kingdom of Granada redirects here. For the post 1492 kingdom under the Crown of Castile, see Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile). Emirate of Granada إمارة غرﻧﺎﻃﺔ Imarat Gharnāṭah (Arabic) Vassal of the Crown of Castile …
118Isabella I — ( the Catholic ) 1451 1504, wife of Ferdinand V: queen of Castile 1474 1504; joint ruler of Aragon 1479 1504. * * * known as Isabella the Catholic Spanish Isabel la Católica born April 22, 1451, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile died Nov. 26 …
119Cid, the — Spanish El Cid orig. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar born с 1043, Vivar, near Burgos, Castile died July 10, 1099, Valencia Castilian military leader and national hero. His popular name, El Cid (from Spanish Arabic al sid, lord ), dates from his lifetime.… …
120Catalan literature — Introduction the body of literature written in the Catalan language, a Romance language spoken primarily in the Spanish autonomous regions of Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands. Medieval period Poetry Catalan literature has …
