The ''Cancionero general'' or ''Cancionero general de Hernando del Castillo'' is a lyric poetry anthology of the late Middle Ages or the early Renaissance. It is mostly devoted to the production in the kingdoms of Castile and León under

Enrique IV Henry IV of Castile ( Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), King of Castile and León, nicknamed the Impotent, was the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Castile and León. During Henry's reign, the nobles became ...

and the Catholic Monarchs,

Isabel de Castilla Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by ...

and Fernando de Aragon. Hernando del Castillo is responsible for the compilation which began around 1490 and was first printed in 1511 under the name of ''Cancionero general de muchos y diversos autores''.

Structure

The work is divided into nine parts according to their themes: * Devoción y moralidad * Obras de poetas diversos * Canciones * Invenciones y letras de justadores * Motes y sus glosas * Villancicos * Preguntas y respuestas * Obras menudas * Obras de burlas

Editions

The first edition of the Cancionero General was printed by Cristóbal Koffman in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

in 1511, and was frequently reprinted: * Valencia, 1511, Cristóbal Koffman. * Valencia, 1514, Jorge Costilla. * Toledo, 1517, 1520 y 1527, Juan de Villaquirán. * Sevilla, 1535 y 1540, Juan Cromberger. * Amberes, 1557 y 1573, Martín Nucio. Some of its editions were censored, particularly the section on "burlas." Poetry collections