See also:DON PEDRO See also:LOPEZ DE See also:AYALA (1332–1407)
, See also:Spanish states-See also:man, historian and poet, was See also:born at See also:Vittoria in 1332
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He first came into prominence at the See also:court of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the Cruel, whose cause he finally deserted; he greatly distinguished himself in subsequent See also:campaigns, during which he was twice made prisoner, by the See also:Black See also:Prince at Najera (1367) and by the Portuguese at Aljubarrota (1385)
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A favourite of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. and See also:John I. of See also:Castile, he was made See also:grand See also:chancellor of the See also:realm by Henry III. in 1398
.
A brave officer and an able diplomat, See also:Ayala was one of the most cultivated Spaniards of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, at once historian, translator and poet
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Of his many See also:works the most important are his See also:chronicles of the four See also:kings of Castile during whose reigns he lived; they give a generally accurate See also:account of scenes and events, most of which he had witnessed; he also wrote a See also:long satirical and didactic poem, interesting as a picture of his See also:personal experiences and of contemporary morality
.
The first See also:part of his See also:chronicle, covering only the reign of Peter the Cruel, was printed at See also:Seville in 1495; the first See also:complete edition was printed in 1779–1780 in the collection of CrOnicas Espanolas, under the auspices of the Spanish Royal See also:Academy of See also:History
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Ayala died at'See also:Calahorra in 1407
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See Rafael Floranes, " See also:Vida literaria de Pedro See also:Lopez de Ayala," in the Documentos ineditos See also:para la hisloria de Espana, vols. xix. and xx
.
; F
.
W
.
Schirrmacher, ".See also:Tiber See also:die Glaubwiirdigkeit der Chronik Ayalas," in Geschichte von Spanien (See also:Berlin, 1902), vol
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V. pp
.
510-532
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