Don juan manuel biography of william shakespeare

Don Juan Manuel (5 May 1282 – 13 June 1348) was a Spanish medieval writer, nobleman, and man of letters who has been called the most important prose writer of 14th-century Spain[1†][2†]. He was born in Escalona, New Castile[1†] and died in Córdoba[1†]. The infante Don Juan Manuel was the grandson of Ferdinand III and the nephew of Alfonso X[1†].

Count Lucanor by Don Juan Manuel as Inspiration for Hans ...

He fought against the Moors when only 12 years old[1†], and the rest of his life was deeply involved in the political intrigues of his time[1†].

Don Juan Manuel is best known for his “Libro de los enxiemplos del conde Lucanor et de Patronio” (1328–35), also known as "Count Lucanor: or, The Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio"[1†], a treatise on morals in the form of 50 short tales, in which Count Lucanor asks questions of his counsellor[1†].

The work was written in a lucid and straightforward manner, with an informal and personal prose style, almost completely free of the usual ornate language of the day[1†]. It greatly infl William Shakespeare - Wikiwand SEWY