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THE CANCIONEROS AND PROSE WRITINGS. The most distinct idea of the poetical culture of Spain, during the fifteenth century, may he obtained from the "Cancioneros," or collections of poetry, sometimes all by one author, sometimes by many. The oldest of these dates from about 1450, and was the work of Baena. Many similar collections followed, and they were among the fashionable wants of the age.
The Drama. 6. Provencal Literature in Spain. 7. The Influence of Italian Literature in Spain. 8. The Cancioneros and Prose Writing. 9. The Inquisition. The Effect of Intolerance on Letters. 2. Influence of Italy on Spanish Literature; Boscan, Garcilasso de la Vega, Diego de Mendoza. 3. History; Cortez, Gomara, Oviedo, Las Casas. 4. The Drama, Rueda, Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca. 5.
The earliest monuments of Portuguese literature relate to the age of the French knights who founded the political independence of the country, and must be sought in the "Cancioneros," containing courtly ballads composed in the Galician dialect, after the Provencal fashion, and sung by wandering minstrels.
As a set-off against this, the old historical and traditional ballads, and the true pastorals, the songs and ballads of peasant life, were being collected assiduously and printed in the cancioneros that succeeded one another with increasing rapidity.
The Cancioneros, or courtly ballads, in imitation of the Provencal, were sung by wandering minstrels, and Portuguese poetry retained its Provencal character until the end of the fourteenth century. In the fifteenth century, the Portuguese invaded Africa, and Vasco de Gama pointed out to Europe the new and unknown route to India.
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