Medieval troubadour
Bibliographic notes
Troubadour of Galician origins (eventually from Parga, Lugo), but established in Portugal, where he married Teresa Martins Mogudo de Sandim, as the Book of Lineages of Count D. Pedro mentions,adding that he was mui bom trovador (a very good troubadour)(46C4). Mentioned in the 1258 royal inquiries as having assets in the Guimarães region, Vasco Fernandes Praga should be of a relatively old age at that time, as Resende de Oliveira notes (since a brother-in-law of his, Vasco Martins, already had grandchildren). His period of activity should have occurred, then, in the first half of the 13th century (which coincides with the placement of his songs in the songbooksBibliographic references
1
Oliveira, António Resende de
(1994),
Depois do espectáculo trovadoresco. A estrutura dos cancioneiros peninsulares e as recolhas dos séculos XIII e XIV,
Lisboa, Edições Colibri
2
Monteagudo, Henrique
(2008),
Letras primeiras. O Foral de Caldelas, os primordios da lírica trobadoresca e a emerxencia do galego escrito,
Corunha, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza
