Periodical (dates): Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817-1980)

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Volume: 13

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Number: 74

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Date: 1823 (March)

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Place of publication: Edinburgh

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Pages: 346-357

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Editor: William Blackwood (1776-1834) and Thomas Cadell (1742-1802)

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Author (Reviewer): John Wilson (1785-1854)

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Book (Reviewed):

John Gibson Lockhart. Ancient Spanish Ballads. Historical and Romantic (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, Thomas Cadell, 1823)

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Brief description:

Very positive review. It includes a general introduction to Lockhart’s work, followed by several passages from the book.

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Spanish works mentioned:

Cancionero de romances (Martín Nucio, Antwerp, 1555)

Romancero historiado con mucha variedad de glosas y sonetos (Lucas Rodríguez, Alcalá, 1582)

Los romances de Lorenzo de Sepúlveda (Juan Steelsio, Amberes, 1551)

Romance de El Cid (Juan Escobar, 1616)

Cancionero general (Hernando del Castillo, 1511)

Primera Crónica general (1270-1344?)

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References to editions of Spanish works:

Georges-Bernard Depping, ed. Sammlung der besten alten Spanischen Historischen, Ritter und Maurischen Romanzen (Altenburg und Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1817)

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Spanish works translated (P=Partially, F=Fully):

“Del gran llanto que don Gonzalo Gustios hizo allá en Córdoba” [Los siete infantes de Lara (Primera Crónica General, 1475-1500](F)

“Romance del Infante vengandor” [Romancero General, 1600] (Anon.) (F)

“Romance del Conde Alarcos y la Infanta Solisa” [Cancionero de romances, 1550] (Anon.) (F)

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Other relevant Spanish names mentioned:

Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid Caliph (763-809)

Ruderic, also spelled Roderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick; Visigoth King of Hispania between 710-712 (d. 711 or 712)

Averroes (1126-1198)

Boabdil (1459-1533)

Benjamín de Tudela (1130-1173)

Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and, by marriage, King of Castile (1452-1516)

Isabella I, Queen of Castile and Queen consort of Aragon (1451-1504)

Charles I of Spain, also known as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria (1500-1558)

Pedro II of Aragon (1178-1213)

Pedro IV of Aragon (1319-1387)

Bernardo del Carpio (8th-9th century) [semilegendary figure]

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “el Cid Campeador” (c. 1048-1099)

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Spanish place names:

Castille

Aragon

Córdoba

Granada

Seville

Málaga

Galicia

Asturias

Oviedo

Navarre

Barcelona

Andalusia

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References to Spanish relevant historic events:

Western Schism (1378)

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External link to the review: Click here

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