Postscript: Later Disseminations in the Hispanic Ballad Tradition and Other Works
Matthew Bailey
THE end of the medieval period in Spain brought discovery America, expulsion Jews, and, after their forced conversion, that Moriscos. But Charlemagne and his legendary exploits did not vanish from memory. Indeed, Carolingian literary legacy expanded flourished unabated romances, Spanish ballads first began to appear print early sixteenth century. These reached creative apotheosis Golden Age plays luminaries such as Juan de la Cueva, Lope Vega, Guillén Castro, which they persisted a fairly static yet diminished form well into twentieth