[i. e. from the accession of Sancho I to the death of Dinis.]
§ 1. _The Cossantes_ 22
Earliest poems--Their indigenous character and peculiar form--Their
origin--Galicia in the Middle Ages--The pilgrimages--Dance-poems--Themes
of the _cossantes_--Their relation to the poetry imported from
Provence--Writers of _cossantes_: Nuno Fernandez Torneol--Joan
Zorro--Pero Meogo--Pay Gomez Chariño--Airas Nunez’ _pastorela_--The
_cantigas de vilãos_--Songs of women--Persistence of the _cossante_ to
modern times--_Cossantes_ and _cantigas de amor_.
§ 2. _The Cancioneiros_ 37
_Cancioneiro da Ajuda_--_Cancioneiro da Vaticana_--_Cancioneiro
Colocci-Brancuti_--Relations of Portugal with Spain, with France,
with other countries--The Galician language--Its extension--Alfonso
X--The _Cantigas de Santa Maria_--Poetry at the Court of Afonso
III--Provençal poetry in Portugal--Monotony and technical
skill of the Portuguese poets--_Cantigas de amigo_--Satiric poems--Joan
de Guilhade--Pero Garcia de Burgos--Pero da Ponte--Joan Airas--Fernan
Garcia Esgaravunha--Airas Nunez--King Dinis.