El martir san Lorenzo habia comenzado a ocupar un lugar relevante en la tematica literaria desde finales del siglo IV. Se escribieron hasta una docena de poemas sobre san Lorenzo en lenguas romances entre finales del siglo XII y comienzos del XIV, pero el de Berceo es considerado uno de los mejores por su simplicidad y llaneza y por su invencion personal en episodios intercalados.

Gonzalo de Berceo (Berceo, Logrono, 1195-d. 1264). Espana. Pertenece a la tradicion literaria llamada mester de clerecia, integrada por eclesiasticos y hombres de letras. Se educo en el monasterio de San Millan de la Cogolla (La Rioja), en el que oficio como clerigo secular, y fue mas tarde diacono (c. 1120) y presbitero (c. 1237).

Gonzalo de Berceo (Berceo, Logrono, 1195-d. 1264). Espana. Pertenece a la tradicion literaria llamada mester de clerecia, integrada por eclesiasticos y hombres de letras. Se educo en el monasterio de San Millan de la Cogolla (La Rioja), en el que oficio como clerigo secular, y fue mas tarde diacono (c. 1120) y presbitero (c. 1237).

Gonzalo de Berceo (Berceo, Logrono, 1195-d. 1264). Espana. Pertenece a la tradicion literaria llamada mester de clerecia, integrada por eclesiasticos y hombres de letras. Se educo en el monasterio de San Millan de la Cogolla (La Rioja), en el que oficio como clerigo secular, y fue mas tarde diacono (c. 1120) y presbitero (c. 1237).

Berceo tradujo tres himnos del latin: se considera que los dos primeros provienen de la epoca carolingia: el Veni Creator Spiritus pleno de dulce lumne, dedicado al Espiritu Santo, y Ave Sancta Maria estrella de la mar, atribuido a san Bernardo o a Fulberto de Chartres y que gira en torno a la idea de Maria, comomadre universal;y el tercero, Tu Christe que luz eres, que alumnas el dia.

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Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form all through the Middle Ages. Milagros de Nuestra Sehora, a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is a premier example of this genre; it is also regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. Difficulties in translating this work have made it unavailable in English except in fragments; now Spanish-language scholars Richard Terry Mount and Annette Grant Cash have made the entire work accessible to English readers for the first time. Berceo's miracle tales use the verse form cuaderna via (fourfold way) of fully rhymed quatrains -- which Berceo may even have invented -- and are told in the language of the common man. They were written to be read aloud, most likely to an audience of pilgrims, and are an outstanding example of oral religious narrative. The total work comprises twenty-five miracles, preceded by a renowned Introduction that celebrates the Virgin in rich symbolic allegory. Mount and Cash's translation is highly readable, yet it retains the original meaning and captures Berceo's colloquial style and medieval nuances. An introduction placing the miracles in their medieval context and a bibliography complement the text.