Name of autobiography written by advisor and confidant of Queen catalina of castile who  governed Castile as regent from 1406 until 1418 during the minority of her son.
Catherine of Lancaster Catherine of Lancaster (Castilian: "Catalina"; 31 March 1373 – 2 June 1418) was Queen of Castile by marriage to King Henry III of Castile. She governed Castile as regent from 1406 until 1418 during the minority of her son.
De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) De viris illustribus (English: On Illustrious Men ) is an unfinished collection of biographies, written in Latin, by the 14th century Italian author Francesco Petrarca. These biographies are a set of Lives similar in idea to Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". The works were unfinished however he was famous enough for these and other works to receive two invitations to be crowned poet laureate. He received these invitations on exactly the same day, April 8, 1341, one being from the Paris University and the other from the Roman Senate. He accepted the Roman invitation.