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A ''romancero'' is any collection of Spanish ''romances'', a type of folk ballad (sung narrative). The ''romancero'' is the entire corpus of such ballads. As a distinct body of literature they borrow themes such as war, honour, aristocracy and heroism from epic poetry, especially the medieval ''cantar de gesta'' and chivalric romance, and they often have a pretense of historicity. The ''romancero'' was once thought to extend back in time to before the earliest Old Spanish ''cantares'', like the ''Poema del Cid'', but it is now argued that they are instead successors to the truly epic chivalric genres. The earliest examples of ''romances'' date from the fourteenth century, and some are shortened narrations of stories drawn from the ''cantares'' and romances. Many tales take place against the backdrop of the ''Reconquista'', showing Spaniards and Moors in conflict or in love, while others draw their themese from the Matter of Britain or the Matter of France. ''Romancero gitano'' (Gypsy Romancero) is title of a book of songs by Federico Garcia Lorca, many of the which have themes derived from the life and culture of the Gypsies of Andalusia. ==References== *(Romancero ). (2011). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved on 22 February 2011. it:Romance (poesia) no:Romance pl:Romanca 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romancero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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