We know many episodes of his life about Miguel de Cervantes, however, sometimes we do not give him all the recognition he deserves, being able to write much more about him and his "gruesome" life.
Despite what is believed, Miguel de Cervantes He did not have an idyllic and super happy childhood. His family moved frequently due to the numerous debts they had here and there due to the poor management of the family father, Rodrigo. His mother, LeonorShe was somewhat more "ingenious" and flexible, and she was the one who brought the family forward on more than one occasion of hardship. We could continue talking about the childhood and adolescence that the writer had to live but in this article we are going to deal mainly with what the first verses of Cervantes were and who we owe, possibly, to know the author so much today.
In one of those adventures ...
In one of those adventures as a young man, Cervantes already counting with 20 years, is where he met John Lopez de Hoyos, a teacher from Madrid, with a humanist training, who had directed the Estudio de la Villa the previous year. Although Miguel was not a regular student of that institution, since his courses were taught mainly to young people of 17 or 18 years old (Cervantes was about to turn 21), through his relationship with Professor López de Hoyos, he perfected his knowledge of Latin and Latin literature (Seneca, Ovid, Cicero, etc.) and also delved into the thought of Erasmo, one of the keys to the European renewal of the time.
El erasmism, is at the very source of the great satirical trend that emerged in Spain in the mid-sixteenth century, and the University of Alcalá de Henares was one of its most active centers for its dissemination. This is why the importance of the teacher López de Hoyos in the life of the writer. It was thanks to the same teacher as well, for which today the sonnet that contains the first verses of Cervantes, of which there is written record.
They were not genuine and highly brilliant versesLiterarily speaking, but they received "praise" from the teacher, who at that time represented the most enlightened humanism in Madrid. Thanks to López de Hoyos, Cervantes was able to see his verses published at the age of 22. I would not see anything else published his spends 20 years later,
So, could we say that thanks to the teacher López de Hoyos, Cervantes gave us the opportunity to read "Don Quixote de la Mancha"? Well possibly ...