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GONZALO DE BERCEO (c. 118o-c. 1246) , the earliest Castilian poet whose name is known to us, was born at Berceo, a village
Benedictine
diocese of Calahorra. His name is to be met with in a number of documents between the years 1237 and 1246. He wrote upwards of 13,000 verses, all on devotional subjects. His best work
great
imagination
great
element
majority of his legends of the Virgin are obviously borrowed from the collection of a Frenchman, Gautier de Coinci; but he has succeeded in making this material entirely his own by reason of a certain conciseness and a realism
work
His Poesias are in the Biblioteca de autores espanoles of Rivadeneyra, vol. lvii. (1864) ; La Vida de San Domingo de Silos has been edited by J. D. FitzGerald (Paris, 1904; see the Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes, part 149) ; see also F. Fernandez y Gonzalez in the Razors (vol. i., Madrid, 186o) ; N. Hergueta, " Documentos referentes a Gonzalo de Berceo," in the Revista de archives, (3rd series , Feb.-March
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