GINES See also:

• PEREZ, ANTONIO (c. 1540-1611)

PEREZ DE See also:

• GINES PEREZ DE HITA (1544?-16o5?)

HITA (1544?-16o5?)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish novelist and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MULA

Mula (See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia) about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1569–1J71 against the See also:

• MORISCOS (i.e. little Moors)

Moriscos, and in 1572 wrote a rhymed See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LORCA

Lorca which remained unpublished till 1889 . He owes his wide celebrity to the Historia de los bandos de Zegries y Abencerrajes (1595–1604), better known as the Guerras chiles de See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, which purports to be a See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle based on an Arabic See also:

• ORIGINAL

original ascribed to a certain Aben-Hamin . Abed-Hamin is a fictitious personage, and the Guerras de Granada is in reality a See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical novel, perhaps the earliest example of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and certainly the first historical novel that attained popularity . In the first See also:

• PART

part the events which led to the downfall of Granada are related with uncommon brilliancy, and See also:

• HITA, GINES PEREZ DE (1544?-16o5?)

Hita's sympathetic transcription of See also:

• LIFE

life at the Emir's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court has clearly suggested the conventional presentation of the picturesque, chivalrous See also:

• MOOR

Moor in the pages of Mlle de See also:

• SCUDERY

Scudery, Mme de See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette, See also:

• CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS RENE, VICOMTE DE (1768–1848)

Chateaubriand and See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving . The second part is concerned with the author's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal experiences, and the treatment is effective; yet, though Calder6n's See also:

• PLAY

play, Amer despues de la muerte, is derived from it, the second part has never enjoyed the See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue or See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the first . The exact date of Hita's See also:

• DEATH

death is unknown . His See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse rendering of the CrOnica Troyaiia, written in 1596, exists in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript .