Vita coaetanea = A Contemporary Life = Vida coetánea = Vida coetània / Ramon Llull ; edited by Antonio Cortijo Ocaña.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Llull, Ramon, author.

Contributor:

Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio, editor.

Series:

IVITRA research in linguistics and literature ; Volume 15.

IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature, 2211-5412 ; Volume 15

Language:

Catalan

English

Latin

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.

Llull, Ramon.

Philosophers--Spain--Biography.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017.

Language Note:

Latin original with Catalan, English, and Spanish translations.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Winner of the 2018 Premio internazionale Francesco Saverio Nitti per il Mediterraneo in the category "Storia, Letteratura", awarded annually by Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy.The Vita coaetanea (A Contemporary Life) is an autobiographical account of Ramon Llull’s life dictated by himself to a friend in 1311 when he was seventy-nine years old. In it Llull reviews his works in the context of a life dedicated to God and motivated by the desire to disseminate the message of the Christian faith among the infidels. Llull, the self-labeled troubadour of books, wrote this account in part as a self-justification of his life and work, in part as self-consolation for his unending toils and travails. It is very likely that he also had in mind the Council of Vienne (1311) which he was about to attend and where he submitted petitions dealing with the establishment of adequate places to study languages for the preaching of the Gospel to every creature and the founding of a Christian military religious order that waged permanent war against the Saracens until the Holy Land is reconquered. Llull wanted to frame these petitions within a well thought-out justificatory account of his life and works that exudes passion, commitment and love for his fellow man.This volume contains the Latin original, as well as translations into Catalan, Spanish, and English.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Opening illustration

Introduction

Breviculum (Miniatures)

A Contemporary Life by Ramon Llull

Notes

Appendixes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 25, 2017).