Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa

Canon and poet · 1538–1610

Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa
ContemporáneaLiterature16th CenturyGolden Age literature

Canon and poet

A Gran Canarian canon, poet and dramatist, he fostered a humanist circle in Las Palmas and is a major figure in Canarian Golden Age literature.

Historical role

Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa holds a central place in the urban culture of sixteenth-century Las Palmas. From his ecclesiastical position he shaped a humanist network where literature, theatre, sacred music and intellectual sociability came together. His work and circle show that the Canaries were not only a military frontier or Atlantic stopover, but also a space of cultural production connected with the Golden Age.

Timeline

  1. 1538He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where he would develop his ecclesiastical and literary career.
  2. 1602He published Templo militante, one of his most important literary works.
  3. 1610Bartolomé Cairasco de Figueroa dies in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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