Tudor school-boy life: the dialogues of Juan Luis Vives. Juan Luis Vives

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       J. L. VIVES: A SCHOLAR OF THE RENASCENCE 1492–1492

       THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIALOGUES OF J. L. VIVES

       Contents of the Dialogues

       Home and School Life

       Subject-matter and Style

       Popularity

       The Greek Words in Vives’ Dialogues

       Euphrosynus Lapinius

       Style

       Characteristics of Vives as a Writer of Dialogues

       Vives as a Precursor of the Drama

       Some Educational Aspects of Vives’ Dialogues

       Vives’ Idea of the School

       Games

       Nature Study

       Wine-drinking and Water-drinking

       The Vernacular

       The Educational Ideal of Vives

       Vives’ Last Dialogue: The Precepts of Education

       NOTE

       TUDOR SCHOOL-BOY LIFE

       I SURRECTIO MATUTINA— Getting up in the Morning

       II PRIMA SALUTATIO— Morning Greetings

       III DEDUCTIO AD LUDUM— Escorting to School

       IV EUNTES AD LUDUM LITERARIUM— Going to School

       V LECTIO— Reading

       VI REDITUS DOMUM ET LUSUS PUERILIS— The Return Home and Children’s Play

       VII REFECTIO SCHOLASTICA — School Meals

       VIII GARRIENTES— Students’ Chatter

       IX ITER ET EQUUS— Journey on Horseback

       X SCRIPTIO— Writing

       XI VESTITUS ET DEAMBULATIO MATUTINA— Getting Dressed and the Morning Constitutional

       XII DOMUS— The New House

       XIII SCHOLA— The School

       XIV CUBICULUM ET LUCUBRATIO— The Sleeping-room and Studies by Night

       XV CULINA— The Kitchen

       XVI TRICLINIUM— The Dining-room

       XVII CONVIVIUM— The Banquet

       XVIII EBRIETAS— Drunkenness

       XIX REGIA— The King’s Palace

       XX PRINCEPS PUER— The Young Prince

       XXI LUDUS CHARTARUM SEU FOLIORUM— Card-playing or Paper-games

       XXII LEGES LUDI— Laws of Playing A VARIED DIALOGUE ON THE CITY OF VALENCIA

       XXIII CORPUS HOMINIS EXTERIUS— The Exterior of Man’s Body

       XXIV EDUCATIO— Education

       XXV PRAECEPTA EDUCATIONIS— The Precepts of Education

       INDEX

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