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In five letters (to Henry VIII and three prelates), a Lucian-style underworld satire on European wars and Turkish aggression, and two translations from Isocrates, Vives assesses obstacles to peace and how to overcome them. Latin texts and first-time English translations.

Produktbeschreibung
In five letters (to Henry VIII and three prelates), a Lucian-style underworld satire on European wars and Turkish aggression, and two translations from Isocrates, Vives assesses obstacles to peace and how to overcome them. Latin texts and first-time English translations.
Autorenporträt
Edward V. George, PhD (University of Wisconsin) taught Classics at Texas Tech University (1971-2010). He has published editions of three of Vives's works, numerous articles on Vives and rhetoric, and other studies touching Luisa Sigea and Latin of New Spain. Gilbert Tournoy taught Latin language and literature (Classical, Medieval, and Neo-Latin) at the University of Leuven. He specializes in the study of humanism in Italy and the Netherlands (Erasmus, Vives, Lipsius) and is currently preparing a critical edition of Vives's correspondence.