«Justa fue mi perdición»: The Context, Authorship and Abiding Popularity of a Courtly Canción

Abstract

I explore the historical context of «Justa fue mi perdición» (ID 1955), a canción attributed to Jorge Manrique. I discuss the problem of authorship and its genesis from a mote by Frei João Manuel, Bishop of Guarda, addressed to his mistress Justa Rodrigues Pereira, and I attempt to explain why it became so popular in Spain during the sixteenth century

Keywords

• jorge manrique
• justa rodrigues pereira
• frei joão manuel
• costana
• courtly canciones