Publications


"Natura das animalhas". Bestiario medieval da lírica profana galego-portuguesa

Author

Martínez Pereiro, Carlos Paulo

Research lines

Medieval Galician-Portuguese literature

ISBN

84-89138-31-1

Editorial

A Nosa Terra, Col. "Campus"

Date of publishment

1996

Number of pages

238

Description


Carlos Paulo Martínez Pereiro’s latest book brings to life a wonderful world of animal romance, satire and devilry, lifting the veil on the fantastical medieval bestiary of lowly cows, crows, camels, fish, insects and asses, and courting harts, hawks and songbird, to reveal the human natures and habits hidden underneath.

The aim of the book is to help to keep the tradition of troubadour poetry in Galicia alive by encouraging readers to engage with and explore for themselves the cantiga poetry of medieval Galician-Portuguese. The more we read and ask questions of these poems, the clearer a sense we get of the thinkers, craftsmen and dreamy devotees of passion, merriment and fun behind them. 700 years on, the honesty and truth with which these poets sang about human feeling, failings and achievement still resound with us today.