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Francesc Eiximenis: An Anthology

Francesc Eiximenis: An Anthology

Eiximenis, Francesc
Hughes, Robert D.
Guixeras, David

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Series: Textos B, Book 50

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ISBN10: 1855661624
ISBN13: 9781855661622
Publisher: Barcino Tamesis
Published: Feb 21 2008
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
A selection from the works of the Catalan Franciscan, Francesc Eiximenis.

Francesc Eiximenis is an outstanding figure in the ranks of the mendicant orders who, in the late Middle Ages, strove to educate the lower echelons of society. Born in Gerona, around 1330, probably to a comfortable middle-class family, Eiximenis entered the Franciscan order at a very early age, studied in Oxford, and probably also in Paris, and obtained the degree of master of theology in Toulouse. Later he combined teaching with the composing of his works. Among these stands out the monumental and widely known Lo Crestià (The Christian), in which Eiximenis aimed to include all contemporary university knowledge, adapted for a lay public whose basic level of instruction was far below that of clerics. The same didactic purpose is seen in the Libro de los ángeles (Book of the Angels), the Libro de las mujeres (Book of the Women) and the Vita Christi. Eiximenis, by then bishop of Elna, died in 1409.

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