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"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."

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Author:   Ramon Llull ,  Antonio Cortijo Ocaña (University of California at Santa Barbara)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9789027240217

ISBN 10:   9027240213
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   20 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. 1. Life and Works; 3. 2. Llull's Ars ; 4. 3. The Hagiographic Model: The Saintly Knight; 5. 4. From Sermon to Vita ; 6. 5. Pentecostes as a Mid-Point in the Narrative and Other Keys to Reading the Vita ; 7. 6. Criticism and the Vita coaetanea ; 8. 7. About This Translation; 9. 8. Bibliography; 10. Breviculum (Miniatures); 11. A Contemporary Life by Ramon Llull; 12. Notes; 13. Appendixes; 14. Appendix I: List of Books Written by Ramon Llull (Electorium) (August, 1311); 15. Appendix II: Introductio in Artem Raimundi - The introduction to the Breviculum by Fr. Thomas le Myesier, giving a succinct summary of the Art; 16. Appendix III; 17. Appendix IV; 18. Appendix V; 19. Index

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