Expediente - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:23:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Expediente - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 File on the merits and services of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra https://historylab.es/file-on-the-merits-and-services-of-miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=file-on-the-merits-and-services-of-miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:04 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/expediente-sobre-los-meritos-y-servicios-de-miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra/ File of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra containing the Memorial in which he describes his military merits and services

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]]> File on the merits and services of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, containing the following documents: 1.- Memorial (apparently in Cervantes’ own handwriting) in which he sets out his merits and services performed in Italy, in the battle of Lepanto and elsewhere, on the occasion of requesting the granting of any of the four vacant posts he sets out: the accounting of the New Kingdom of Granada, the governorship of Soconusco, the accounting of the galleys of Cartagena de Indias, or the corregimiento of the city of La Paz (1590). Folios 1-2 2.- Certification given by the Duke of Sesa confirming the merits and services of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1578). Folio 3. 2.- Information at the request of Rodrigo de Cervantes, father of Miguel de Cervantes, made in Madrid before a court mayor to prove that he is his son, that he is noble, the services he contracted in Italy, that he was captive in Algiers and that because his father is poor he will not be able to ransom him (1578). Folios 4-13. 3.- Information made in Algiers before the Trinitarian Redemptor Father Fray Juan Gil and before the notary Pedro de Rivera, at the request of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, in which the services he has done and the great labours he suffered in his captivity are stated. All verified with the certification of the said redeeming father (1580). This information was made a few days after the rescue of Cervantes. Folios 14-52.

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]]> Application for the licence and privilege to print Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote https://historylab.es/application-for-the-licence-and-privilege-to-print-miguel-de-cervantes-don-quixote/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=application-for-the-licence-and-privilege-to-print-miguel-de-cervantes-don-quixote Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:04 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/expediente-de-solicitud-de-licencia-y-privilegio-de-impresion-de-el-quijote-de-miguel-de-cervantes/ It contains the memorial of Miguel de Cervantes requesting the licence and privilege to print the book entitled "El Ingenioso Hidalgo de la Mancha" for 20 years and the report of the royal chronicler Antonio de Herrera, dated 11 September 1604 in Valladolid, in favour of granting the requested licence.

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]]> In the 17th century, in the face of the general situation of crisis, the field of literature experienced a brilliant period. Its main features can be defined as national exaltation, popular character and defence of traditions. Among the different disciplines, the theatre and the picaresque novel stood out. Cervantes, together with Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Calderón and Góngora were some of the main figures of the period.

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