J.L. Vives: De Institutione Feminae Christianae, Liber Primus: Introduction, Critical Edition, Translation and Notes (Selected Works of Juan Luis Vives, #6)

by Juan Luis Vives

Charles Fantazzi (Translator) and C. Matheeussen (Editor)

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This is a critical edition of the Latin text of Book I of the De Institutione Feminae Christianae of Juan Luis Vives together with facing English translation. The work was written in 1523 and dedicated to Catherine of Aragon for the instruction of her daughter Princess Mary. It was later thoroughly revised and the changes introduced are of great interest for the history of the text. The De Institutione is considered to be the most important treatise of the Renaissance on the education of women, cited and imitated throughout the sixteenth century. Although Vives sometimes betrays traditional attitudes towards the status of women, he gives expression to many liberalizing humanistic ideas. In all, it is a clear public acknowledgment of women's probity, dignity and capability for learning.
  • ISBN10 9004106596
  • ISBN13 9789004106598
  • Publish Date 1 September 1996
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill