Medieval Spanish literature is the literature written in medieval Spanish between the beginning of the 13th and the end of the 15th century. Traditionally, the first and last works of this period are the Cantar de Mio Cid, an epic poem from 1207, and La Celestina (1499), a book considered a transition between the medieval period and the Renaissance.
Books written during this period
Kharja, written in Mozarabic
Cantar de Mio Cid
El Conde Lucanor, by Don Juan Manuel
Las cantigas de Santa María, written in Galician by Alfonso X el Sabio
Libro de buen amor, by Juan Ruiz, or the Arcipreste de Hita
Coplas a la muerte de su padre, by Jorge Manrique
The Auto de los Reyes Magos
Mystery Play of Elig
Writings on the subject
Alvar, Carlos, José-Carlos Mainer y Rosa Navarro, Breve historia de la literatura española, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2005. Cañas Murillo, Jesús, La poesía medieval: de las jarchas al Renacimiento, Anaya, Madrid, 1990. Deyermond, A. D., Historia de la literatura española, 1. La Edad Media, Ariel, Barcelona, 1989. Deyermond, Alan, Edad Media. Primer suplemento, vol. 1/1 de Francisco Rico, Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Crítica, Barcelona, 1991. Pedraza Jiménez, Felipe B. y Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres, Las épocas de la literatura española, Ariel, Barcelona, 2006. Rubio Tovar, Joaquín, La prosa medieval, Playor, Madrid, 1982.