Resumen
In the second volume of his monumental series, Julio Cejador y Frauca continues his exploration into the historical development of the Castilian (Spanish) language and its literary expression.
Picking up from where Tomo 1 left off, Tomo 2 delves into the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, periods crucial to the transformation of vulgar Latin into medieval Spanish and the flourishing of early Castilian literature.
Cejador examines:
Key authors and literary works of the 13th and 14th centuries
The linguistic influence of Alfonso X "El Sabio" and his Siete Partidas
The emergence of courtly poetry, didactic prose, and epic chronicles
The transition from oral tradition to written literary canon
Orthographic, grammatical, and syntactical shifts over time
This volume is dense with examples, analysis of texts, and references to both major and lesser-known authors, making it a cornerstone for any serious student of Hispanic philology.