La grandeza de Juan Luis Vives

  1. Francisco Calero 1
  2. Marco Antonio Coronel Ramos 2
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revue:
eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies

ISSN: 1540-5877

Année de publication: 2014

Volumen: 26

Pages: 429-453

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies

Résumé

The authors of this article analyze the testimonies of praise by contemporaries of Juan Luis Vives lauding his intellectual and literary ability. These testimonies, taken mostly from correspondence, reveal the high esteem that all the humanists felt for Vives. His culture, the breadth of his readings and his projects related to all disciplines make him one of the most outstanding figures of the sixteenth century in Europe.