First poet in Spanish language

Some of the poems of the 13thcentury Riojan poet, Gonzalo de Berceo, the first known poet to write in the Castilian language, were written at San Millán. This author wrote in the educated verse known as Mester de Clerecía (Craft of the Clerics). However, his desire to make himself understood by the general public led him to express himself in “roman paladino” or plain Romance instead of Latin.


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