The poem reiterates the campaigns of Fernán González against the Moors, his wars against the Kingdom of Navarre, his debates with the King of León, and his protection of San Pedro de Arlanza, where he was eventually buried. Fernán's ability to keep Castile out of the reach of the Moors, however, is most heavily stressed. The poem is designed to present Fernán as the legitimate ruler of all Spain and thus justify Castilian supremacy in the poet's own day. The opening lines express the poet's own desire:
En el nonbre del Padre que fizo toda cosa, el que quiso nasçer de la Virgen preçiossa, del Spiritu Santo que es ygual de la espossa, del conde de Castilla quiero façer vna prossa.
In the name of the Father who made everything, [of] he who wished to be born of the precious Virgin, [and] of the Holy Ghost who is equal those already mentioned, about the count of Castile I wish to make a prose song.
Despite this strong ideological bent, the author was not well aware of the historical details. Very little about Fernán González has been conserved in writing and most of the stories about him were transmitted orally, developing into legend in the process. The Poema itself is conserved in only one fifteenth-century manuscript, where the mentality and language of the work attest to its thirteenth-century origins.
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at La Manticora: Revista de Textos Medievales.
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January 01, 1970
poema, fernán, gonzález, castilian, epic, poem, specifically, cantar, gesta, mester, clerecía, composed, metre, called, cuaderna, vía, narrates, deeds, historical, count, castile, fernán, gonzález, written, between, 1250, 1266, monk, pedro, arlanza, 1960, four. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez is a Castilian epic poem specifically a cantar de gesta of the Mester de Clerecia Composed in a metre called the cuaderna via it narrates the deeds of the historical Count of Castile Fernan Gonzalez It was written between 1250 and 1266 by a monk of San Pedro de Arlanza In 1960 a fourteenth century Arab roofing tile was discovered in Merindad de Sotoscueva north of Burgos that had some verses of the poem scrawled on it in Old Spanish It is the oldest copy of a part of the work Poema de Fernan GonzalezPoem of Fernan GonzalezFirst page of the manuscriptAlso known asCantar de Fernan Gonzalez Lay of Fernan GonzalezAuthor s unknownLanguageOld SpanishDate1250 66Manuscript s Biblioteca de El Escorial IV B 21 unique Genreepic poetryVerse formcuaderna viaLength3048 verses in 762 strophes The poem reiterates the campaigns of Fernan Gonzalez against the Moors his wars against the Kingdom of Navarre his debates with the King of Leon and his protection of San Pedro de Arlanza where he was eventually buried Fernan s ability to keep Castile out of the reach of the Moors however is most heavily stressed The poem is designed to present Fernan as the legitimate ruler of all Spain and thus justify Castilian supremacy in the poet s own day The opening lines express the poet s own desire En el nonbre del Padre que fizo toda cosa el que quiso nascer de la Virgen preciossa del Spiritu Santo que es ygual de la espossa del conde de Castilla quiero facer vna prossa In the name of the Father who made everything of he who wished to be born of the precious Virgin and of the Holy Ghost who is equal those already mentioned about the count of Castile I wish to make a prose song Despite this strong ideological bent the author was not well aware of the historical details Very little about Fernan Gonzalez has been conserved in writing and most of the stories about him were transmitted orally developing into legend in the process The Poema itself is conserved in only one fifteenth century manuscript where the mentality and language of the work attest to its thirteenth century origins Text editComplete text at La Manticora Revista de Textos Medievales Bibliography editAvalle Arce Juan B El Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Clerecia y juglaria Philological Quarterly Vol 1 No 51 Jan 1972 pp 60 74 Chalon Louis L effondrement de l Epagne visigothique et l invasion musulmane selon le Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Anuario de estudios medievales Vol 9 1974 79 pp 351 362 Duque Adriano Politica y memoria en el Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Newark Juan de la Cuesta 2017 Garcia de la Fuente O Estudio del lexico biblico del Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Analecta Malacitana Vol 1 1978 pp 5 68 Garrido Moraga A M Ensayo de ordenacion conceptual del lexico en el Poema de Fernan Gonzalez parts I III Analecta Malacitana Vol 8 9 1985 86 Garrido Moraga A M El Poema de Fernan Gonzalez como objeto semiotico Analecta Malacitana Vol 9 1986 pp 265 280 Gimeno Casalduero Joaquin Sobre la composicion del Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Anuario de estudios medievales Vol 5 1968 pp 181 207 Goldberg Harriet The Dream Report as a Literary Device in Medieval Hispanic Literature Hispania Vol 66 No 1 Mar 1983 pp 21 31 Harvey L P Hook David The Affair of the Horse and Hawk in the Poema de Fernan Gonzalez The Modern Language Review Vol 77 No 4 Oct 1982 pp 840 847 Keller J P Inversion of the Prison Episodes in the Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Hispanic Review Vol 22 No 4 Oct 1954 pp 253 263 Keller J P The Hunt and Prophecy Episode of the Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Hispanic Review Vol 23 No 4 Oct 1955 pp 251 258 Keller J P The Structure of the Poema de Fernan Gonzalez Hispanic Review Vol 25 No 4 Oct 1957 pp 235 246 Terry Helen V The Treatment of the Horse and Hawk Episodes in the Literature of Fernan Gonzalez Hispania Vol 13 No 6 Dec 1930 pp 497 504 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Poema de Fernan Gonzalez amp oldid 1034230167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
