| Description |
1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia, 0775-1117 ; 24 |
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Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia ; 24. 0775-1117
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| Contents |
Spanish Humanism on the verge of the picaresque: juan maldonado's ludus chartarum, pastot bonus, and bacchanalia; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General Introduction to Maldonado's Life and Works; Ludus Chartarum Triumphus, 'The Card Game "Trumps"': Introduction; Ludus Chartarum Triumphus The Card Game "Trumps"; Sixteenth-century card players (Rick Simmons); Antique Spanish cards: Knight of Coins (Caleb Smith); Footsoldier of Cups (Caleb Smith); Five of Swords (Caleb Smith); Two of Staffs (Caleb Smith); Ludus Chartarum Triumphus: Latin Text; The Card Game "Trumps": Translation |
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Introduction to The Pastor BonusWriting reform for Spanish bishops: an overview; From Pastoral Ideal to Ironic Denunciation; Vitoria; Santo Tomás de Villanueva; Erasmus; Díaz de Luco; Alfonso de Valdés: A change of literary venue; Maldonado; Carvajal; Pastor Bonus Latin text Pastor Bonus Translation; Bishop with Sheep (Rick Simmons); Pastor Bonus Latin Text; Pastor Bonus Translation The Good Shepherd; Gluttony and Poverty (Rick Simmons); Juan Maldonado''s Bacchanalia: Latin text; Juan Maldonado''s Bacchanalia: Translation; Works Cited; 1. Works by or about Juan Maldonado; 2. Other Works |
| Summary |
The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded, Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado's Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives' on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia, written for student actors, is a spirited play pitting the forces of Lent against those |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) |
| Notes |
Text in Latin with translations and introduction in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554. Ludus Chartarum
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554. Pastor Bonus
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554. Bacchanalia
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| SUBJECT |
Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554 fast |
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554. fast/nic/nac |
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism
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Picaresque literature, Spanish -- History and criticism
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- European -- General.
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern
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Picaresque literature, Spanish
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Warren S., 1941-
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Colahan, Clark.
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
Ludus Chartarum
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
Pastor Bonus
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Maldonado, Juan, approximately 1485-1554.
Bacchanalia
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| LC no. |
2009515143 |
| ISBN |
9789461660534 |
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9461660537 |
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