Vasco Praga de Sandim
Trovador medieval

Biographical Note:

Troubadour of Galician origins (eventually from Parga, Lugo1), 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). 2His 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 songbooks

References

1 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, p. 394.

2 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, p. 439.