Edición y estudio del libro segundo de "la crónica de los muy valientes y esforçados e invencibles cavalleros don florisel de niquea ..

Abstract

The Castilian chivalry romances are one of the most important and transcendental genres of the sixteenth century over others that, apparently, had enormous relevance for laying the foundations of modern narrative; we are referring to pastoral, picaresca, sentimental or Byzantine fiction. We must pinpoint its origin at the publishing in 1508 of the first edition of Amadis de Gaula, by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, which originated from its medieval primitive version. They had unprecedented success at the time, as confirmed by the more than eighty titles that are part of the chivalric corpus and a spread of over nearly two centuries, from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century, both in print and in manuscript form. With absolute certainty we can assure that they were the best-sellers at that time, becoming a literary phenomenon, with a reputation that crossed over our peninsular borders, both in Europe and in America. Proof of this are the numerous translations that were done in Italy, France, Germany, Holland, England, Portugal and even a Hebrew version of the first book of Amadis de Gaula. As for their influence in the New World, we cannot fail to mention, as a curiosity, how these books left a mark on the new territories through the conquerors. As such, Magellan called Patagonians to the natives of the southern part of South America under the influence of Primaleón , from which derives the place name of Patagonia; and Las Sergas de Esplandián, of Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, was a source of inspiration for two place names : California and Amazon...