A Companion to Early Iberian Traditional Lyrics

Accessible and reliable introduction in English to the earliest vernacular lyric poetry in the Iberian Peninsula. Dating to the tenth century, the earliest vernacular lyric poems in the Iberian Peninsula have been seen as evidence of an even older, oral, folk tradition and attest to the multicultural, multilingual nature of the genre from its very beginning. Primarily preserved in manuscript and printed songbooks, these poems were widely diffused across the Hispanic world. This Companion offers