Artist Info: Dom Dinis

King Dom Dinis I of Portugal (1261–1325), known as o Rei Lavrador (“the Farmer King”), was not only a pivotal political figure but also one of the most important poet-musicians of the medieval Iberian world. Born in 1261, he ruled Portugal from 1279 to 1325, overseeing major agricultural reforms, the founding of the first Portuguese university, and a flourishing of courtly culture.

He is remembered today as a leading voice in the Galician-Portuguese lyric tradition. [read more...]