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| Juan Manuel, Infante de Castile |
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(hwän mänw l´,  nfän´t th käst´l) (KEY) , 1282–1349?, Spanish nobleman, soldier, and writer; nephew of Alfonso X (called the Wise). Juan Manuel was a wealthy and powerful prince. His masterpiece is the Libro del Conde Lucanor (1323–35, tr. 1868), a collection of 50 didactic tales that were source material for several major writers, including Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Calderón. | 1 | | See study by H. T. Sturcken (1974). | 2 |
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