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- Juan de Valdés was a Spanish Humanist. He and his twin brother, Alfonso, were members of an influential intellectual family that played significant roles in the religious, political, and literary life of Spain and its empire.
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Palabras clave: Humanismo, lingüista, filólogo erasmismo. Abstract: The humanist orientation in his own perspectives determined his work as a philologist. For that reason, he must be considered in such an extent one of the most important Spanish humanists. According to his humanist ideology, Juan de Valdés dealt with language and literature.
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Alcalá A (1997) Juan de Valdés. Obras completas, 1. Diálogos. Escritos espirituales. Cartas. Biblioteca Castro, Madrid. All page references are to this edition. A second volume, Traducciones y come...Anipa K (ed) (2014) Diálogo de la lengua by Juan de Valdés. A diplomatic edition. Modern Humanities Research Association, Cambridge, All page references are to this editionGoogle ScholarBarbolani C (1967) Diálogo de la lengua. Università degli Studi di Firenze, MesinaGoogle ScholarBataillon M (1925) Juan de Valdés. Diálogo de doctrina cristiana. Imprensa da Universidade, CoimbraGoogle ScholarAnipa K (2011) “¿Porque este libro es más antiguo?”: the early history of the Diálogo de la lengua revisited. Neuphilologische Mitt 2:131–145, CXIIGoogle ScholarAsensio E (1952) El erasmismo y las corrientes espirituales afines. Rev Filol Esp 36:31–99Google ScholarBataillon M (1991) Érasme et l’Espagne. Devoto D, Amiel C (ed), 3 vols. Droz, GenevaGoogle ScholarCalvo Pérez J (1991) Tres biografías lingüísticas entorno a Cuenca: I. Juan de Valdés y la fuerza de la contradicción. Diputación Provincial de Cuenca, CuencaGoogle ScholarAnipa K (2012a) The use of literary sources in historical sociolinguistic research. In: Fernández–Campoy JM, Conde–Silvestre JC (eds) The handbook of historical sociolinguistics. Wiley, Malden, pp...Anipa K (2012b) Centrifugal and centripetal forces in the sociolinguistic configuration of the Iberian Peninsula. In: Hüning M, Vogl U (eds) Standard languages and multilingualism in European histo...Bahner W (1966) La lingüística española del Siglo de Oro: aportaciones a la conciencia lingüística en la España de los siglos XVI y XVII. Editorial Ciencia Nueva, MadridGoogle ScholarBaugh A, Cable T (1993, 1951) A history of the English language. Routledge, LondonGoogle ScholarHis brother, Alfonso de Valdés (? 1490–1532) was a noted humanist. His Diálogo de Mercurio y Carón (1529), which attacks religion that has become a matter of empty, outward forms, was long erroneously attributed to Juan.
VALDÉS, JUAN DE Humanist, religious leader, and theologian; b. Cuenca, Spain, 1490?; d. Naples, Italy, 1541. He was the son of a distinguished family of public servants. His elder brother, Alfonso de Valdés, became secretary for Latin letters to the Emperor Charles V. Source for information on Valdés, Juan de: New Catholic Encyclopedia ...
Juan de Valdês, 16th century Spanish humanist and expert on the linguistic question, is arguably the lesser known of the two brothers, Alfonso having a certain political status that Juan never shared. Yet we find in Juan a unique and remarkably relevant Renaissance figure.
