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Jorge Manrique

Books by Jorge Manrique

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Coplas

Poetry History Philosophy
Death Fortune Life Mortality Renaissance Spanish Literature Philosophy Elegy Spanish Golden Age Medieval Literature Classical Poetry Memento Mori

These stanzas were written in honor of the death of the Master don Santiago Rodrigo Manrique, and in them we can see reflections on life, fortune, and death. This work is of the poetic genre and one of the most consulted in Spanish literature.