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Lifetime: 1789 - 1862 Passed: ≈ 162 years ago

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Agustín Durán

Books by Agustín Durán

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Romancero Viejo

Poetry History Non-Fiction
Anthology Folklore Oral tradition Medieval Literature Romantic Movement Spanish Poetry

The Romancero Viejo is a collection of anonymous Spanish ballads from the Middle Ages. These ballads were originally part of longer epic poems, but they were later separated and transmitted orally. The Romancero Viejo was first compiled in the 19th c...