El caballero en el mar: don Pero Niño, conde de Buelna, entre el Mediterráneo y el Atlántico
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El artículo se propone repasar y actualizar
datos en torno a la vida de uno de los
más significados caballeros del otoño de la
Edad Media castellana, cotejando estos datos
con el avance en los estudios sobre su
principal testimonio biográfico, que es a su
vez uno de los textos literarios medievales
clásicos. Nacido hacia 1378, Pero Niño,
futuro conde de Buelna, se educó en el ambiente
de la corte real, donde su madre sirvió
como ama de cría del futuro rey Enrique
III. Hacia 1430, Gutierre Díaz de Games
empezaría a escribir sus hechos en forma de
extensa biografía. El Victorial es un documento
crucial para la historia de España y
Francia, especialmente significativo para la
historia militar y de la marina, porque las
aventuras de Pero Niño le condujeron, entre
1404 y 1406, desde la costa de la Berbería
hasta las costas de Inglaterra y desde la corte
de Castilla a la de Francia. De regreso en
Castilla, participaría en la campaña contra
Granada dirigida por Fernando de Antequera,
futuro rey de Aragón.
The article aims to update data about the life of one of the most relevant Medieval Castilian knights, Pero Niño. It compares these data with the information retrieved in scholarly works about his biographical narrative, one of the most important classic Spanish medieval texts. Born around 1378, Pero Niño, future count of Buelna, was raised in the royal household where his mother served as nursemaid to the future King Enrique III. Around the early 1430s, Gutierre Díaz de Games began to write the account of Niño’s deeds. The Victorial is a crucial document of the history of Spain and France, especially significant for both medieval military and marine history, because the adventures of Pero Niño took him, between 1404 and 1406, from the Berber Coast to the shores of England, and from the court of Castile to that of France. Back in Castile, he participated in the latest campaign against Moorish Granada, directed by Fernando de Antequera, later King Fernando of Aragon.
The article aims to update data about the life of one of the most relevant Medieval Castilian knights, Pero Niño. It compares these data with the information retrieved in scholarly works about his biographical narrative, one of the most important classic Spanish medieval texts. Born around 1378, Pero Niño, future count of Buelna, was raised in the royal household where his mother served as nursemaid to the future King Enrique III. Around the early 1430s, Gutierre Díaz de Games began to write the account of Niño’s deeds. The Victorial is a crucial document of the history of Spain and France, especially significant for both medieval military and marine history, because the adventures of Pero Niño took him, between 1404 and 1406, from the Berber Coast to the shores of England, and from the court of Castile to that of France. Back in Castile, he participated in the latest campaign against Moorish Granada, directed by Fernando de Antequera, later King Fernando of Aragon.







