Bücher von Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce

This is an edition of the parts of the Quincuagenas of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo that the author considers "aspectos de las Quincuagenas que podemos considerar respaldados por las vivencias del autor", hence the title Memorias. We are left, however, with two substantial volumes of which this is the second.

Volume 157 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.

The alcade of Andujar during the reign of Henry IV of Castile (1454-1474), Escavias was also a historian, a poet, and a counsellor to the king. Based on unpublished documents, this volume discusses the various aspects of his life and demonstrates conclusively that he was the author of Hechos de Miguel Lucas de Iranzo.