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Crews, Daniel A.

 
9780802098672: Twilight of the Renaissance: The Life of Juan De Valdes
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ISBN 10: 0802098673 ISBN 13: 9780802098672
Editorial: University of Toronto Press, 2008

Sinopsis

Diplomat, courtier, and heretic, Juan de Valdés (c.1500-1541) was one of the most famous humanist writers in Renaissance Spain. In this biography, Daniel A. Crews paints a lively portrait of a complex and fascinating figure by focusing on Valdés's service as an imperial courtier and how his employments in Italy - after brushes with the Spanish Inquisition - influenced both Spanish diplomacy and his own religious thought. Twilight of the Renaissance focuses on Valdés's political activities in Charles V's Italian alliance system and negotiations with the papacy, while painting a lively portrait of an intriguing and complex Renaissance figure.

Crews examines how Valdés, who was praised by two popes and, the emperor, was also branded a heretic almost immediately after his death. By considering Valdés's spirituality, as well as egotism, this incisive work reveals how the libertine atmosphere of the late Renaissance challenges the saintly Socratic image Valdés fashioned for himself in his writings.

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Daniel A. Crews is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Central Missouri.

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Editorial
University of Toronto Press
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0802098673
ISBN 13 
9780802098672
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Número de páginas
320
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