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Pedro the Constable
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    Portuguese literature
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    Pedro the Constable (the son of Pedro, 1st duke of Coimbra) initiated the fashion of writing in Castilian. As one of the first to adopt the new Castilian trend toward allegory and the cult of Classical antiquity derived from Italy, his influence on his compatriots…

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    Pedro the Constable (the son of Pedro, 1st duke of Coimbra) initiated the fashion of writing in Castilian. As one of the first to adopt the new Castilian trend toward allegory and the cult of Classical antiquity derived from Italy, his influence on his compatriots…

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