[i. e. from the accession of Sancho IV to the death of Manuel I.]
§ 1. _Early Prose_ 58
Comparatively late development of prose--Spanish influence in the
second period of Portuguese literature--King Dinis’ translation
of the _Cronica Geral_--_Regra de S. Bento_--Translations from the
Bible--Sacred legends--Aesop’s Fables--Chronicles--_Livros de
Linhagens_--The Breton cycle--The Quest of the Holy Grail--_Livro de
Josep ab Arimatia_--_Estorea de Vespeseano_--_Amadis de Gaula_--Problem
of its origin--Early allusions--Vasco de Lobeira--Probable
introduction of _Amadis_ into the Peninsula through Portugal.
§ 2. _Epic and Later Galician Poets_ 72
Dearth of epics--Apocryphal poems--Afonso Giraldez--_Romances_--Their
connexion with Spain--Survival of Galician lyrics--Macias--Juan
Rodriguez de la Cámara--Fernam Casquicio--Vasco Perez de Camões--Gonçalo
Rodriguez, Archdeacon of Toro--Garci Ferrandez de Gerena--Alfonso
Alvarez de Villasandino--_Cantigas de escarnho_--The Constable D. Pedro.
§ 3. _The Chroniclers_ 81
Fernam Lopez--_Cronica do Condestabre_--Zurara--Ruy de Pina--_Cronica do
Infante Santo._ Other prose: King João I--King Duarte--Pedro, Duke of
Coimbra--Letters of Lopo de Almeida--_Boosco Delleytoso_--_Corte
Imperial_--_Flos Sanctorum_--_Vita Christi_--_Espelho de
Christina_--_Espelho de Prefeyçam_.
§ 4. _The Cancioneiro Geral_ 96
The break in Portuguese poetry--Its revival--Garcia de
Resende--_Cancioneiro Geral_--Its shallow themes--More serious
poems--Alvaro de Brito--The _Coudel Môr_--D. João de Meneses--D.
João Manuel--Fernam da Silveira--Nuno Pereira--Diogo Brandam--Luis
Anriquez--Rodriguez de Sá--The Conde de Vimioso--Duarte de
Brito--Spanish influence.