Skeptical Literature

Middle Ages


Gonzalo de BerceoMedieval writer who was the first poet in Spanish with a household name.

He was clerk and lived in the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla (Logroño), where he was ordained priest, and that of Santo Domingo de Silos (Burgos). In the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla officiated as secular clergy, and arrived at the offices of deacon (c. 1120) and Priest (circa 1237).

It is the first representative of so-called "mester of clergy" medieval school men of letters (a rating at that time almost coincided with that of priest) whose main contribution was the spread of Latin culture. Berceo opened the path of poetry scholar, as opposed to the one developed by the popular and epic poetry of the troubadours.  

                                                                                   Luisa Calderon