CRISTOBAL DE See also:

• CRISTOBAL DE CASTILLEJO (1490-1556)

CASTILLEJO (1490-1556)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CIUDAD

Ciudad Rodrigo in 1490 . In 1518 he See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain with See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, afterwards See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, whose private secretary he eventually became . While residing at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna in 1528–1530 he wrote the Historia de Piramo y Tisbe, and dedicated it to See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna von Schaumberg, with whom he had a platonic love-affair . He seems to have visited See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, to have beenneglected by his See also:

• PATRON

patron, to have fallen See also:

• ILL

ill in 1540, and to have passed his last years in poverty . He died on the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1556, and was buried at Vienna . See also:

• CASTILLEJO, CRISTOBAL DE (1490-1556)

Castillejo's poems are interesting, not merely because of their See also:

• INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from root of sequi, to follow)

intrinsic excellence, but also as being the most powerful protest against the metrical innovations imported from See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy by Boscan and Garcilaso de la See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega . He adheres to the native quintillas or to the coplas de See also:

• PIE

pie quebrado, and only abandons these traditional forms when he indulges in See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic See also:

• PARODY (Gr. s-apybia, literally a song sung beside, a comic parallel)

parody of the new school—as in the lines Contra los que dejan los metros castellanos . He excels by virtue of his charming simplicity and his ingenious wit, always keen, sometimes licentious, never brutal . The urbane gaiety of his occasional poems is delightfully spontaneous, and the cynical See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour which informs the Dialogo de See also:

• LAS

las condiciones de las mujeres and the Dialogo de la See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

vida de la come is impregnated with the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance spirit . Castillejo is the See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement See also:

• MAROT
• MAROT, DANIEL (seventeenth century)

Marot of Spain . His plays are lost; the best See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of his verses is that printed at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid in 1792 .