Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda Obituary Written in Remembrance of Erasmus of Rotterdam — a Memorial or a Settling of Scores?

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https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2024.667

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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Reformation, Humanism, Juan Luis Vives, religious controversies

Abstract

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s inclusion of an obituary of Erasmus of Rotterdam in Book XV of De rebus gestis Caroli V is usually considered a belated recognition by the Spaniard after the series of notorious disputes they had endured. The hypothesis put forward in this paper is radically different and completely new. It is based on a profound interpretation of the obituary itself and its historical context, which leads to the conclusion that it is more a matter of Sepúlveda settling scores, declaring that he was right in criticising the Dutchman. Hence, we would be, in the presence of an intelligent use of the obituary genre, in defence of his positions on Humanism and the Reformation.

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This article is part of a research project funded by the Valencian Regional Government, Department for Innovation, Universities, Science and Digital Society [Project code: CIAICO/2021/262].

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Marco Antonio Coronel Ramos, Universitat de València-Estudi General

Professor of Latin Philology at the Universitat de València/Estudi General. His main areas of research are the following three: (1) Juan Luis Vives and European Vivesianism, (2) Bible editions, translations and commentaries in the Reformation period, and (3) humanist theories of translation. In addition, the author has been involved in the study and translation of various aspects of classical Latin literature. He is also President of the Valencian Federation of Classical Studies (FeVEC) and Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Latin Studies (SELat), Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Valencian Culture and member of the Professors’ Commission of the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Castilla y León (ACSUCyL).

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2024-06-22

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Coronel Ramos, M. A. (2024). Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda Obituary Written in Remembrance of Erasmus of Rotterdam — a Memorial or a Settling of Scores?. Philologica Canariensia, 30, 53–73. https://doi.org/10.20420/Phil.Can.2024.667

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