Tudor school-boy life: the dialogues of Juan Luis Vives
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Chapters (329)
- TUDOR SCHOOL-BOY LIFE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- J. L. VIVES: A SCHOLAR OF THE RENASCENCE 1492–1492
- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIALOGUES OF J. L. VIVES
- The Dedication of the School-Dialogues of Vives:
- Home and School Life
- Subject-matter and Style
- Popularity
- The Greek Words in Vives’ Dialogues
- Euphrosynus Lapinius
- Style
- Characteristics of Vives as a Writer of Dialogues
- Vives as a Precursor of the Drama
- Some Educational Aspects of Vives’ Dialogues
- Vives’ Idea of the School
- Games
- Nature Study
- Wine-drinking and Water-drinking
- The Vernacular
- The Educational Ideal of Vives
- Vives’ Last Dialogue: The Precepts of Education
- NOTE
- TUDOR SCHOOL-BOY LIFE
- I SURRECTIO MATUTINA—Getting up in the Morning
- I. Getting Up
- II. Dressing
- III. Using the Comb
- IV. Washing
- V. Prayer
- II PRIMA SALUTATIO—Morning Greetings
- I. Morning Salutation
- II. Playing with the Dog
- III. The Father’s Little Talk with his Boy
- III DEDUCTIO AD LUDUM—Escorting to School
- IV EUNTES AD LUDUM LITERARIUM—Going to School
- V LECTIO—Reading
- VI REDITUS DOMUM ET LUSUS PUERILIS— The Return Home and Children’s Play
- I. The Game of Nuts
- II. The Game of Odd and Even
- III. The Game of Dice
- IV. The Game of Draughts
- V. Playing Cards
- VII REFECTIO SCHOLASTICA—School Meals
- I. Breakfast
- II. Lunch—Food—Drink
- III. Afternoon Meal
- IV. Chief Meal
- V. Sleeping Draught
- The Cups
- Grace Before Meat
- Grammatical Questions—1. On Genders. 2. On Tenses
- Pronunciation
- Manners at Table—The Clearing of the Table
- Grace after the Meal
- VIII GARRIENTES—Students’ Chatter
- I. Story of the Trunk
- II. The Hour-Bells
- III. The Timepiece
- IV. The French
- V. The Deaf Woman
- VI. The Lost Book
- VII. The Twins
- VIII. Mannius the Hunter
- IX. Curius the Dicer
- X. The Nightingale and the Cuckoo
- XI. Our Masters
- XII. Clodius the Lover
- XIII. Lusco the Merchant
- XIV. Antony the “Cook”
- XV. The Tumbler
- XVI. Hermogenes
- XVII. The Boorish Youth
- XVIII. The Man with the Neck Chain
- XIX. The Overseer of Studies
- IX ITER ET EQUUS—Journey on Horseback
- X SCRIPTIO—Writing
- I. The Usefulness of Writing
- Nobles
- II. The Writing-master
- True Nobility
- III. Modes of Writing
- IV. The Making of (Quill) Pens
- V. Ink
- VI. Paper
- VII. The Copy
- What should be Avoided in Writing
- VIII. Forming Letters in Writing
- XI VESTITUS ET DEAMBULATIO MATUTINA— Getting Dressed and the Morning Constitutional
- First Part
- Second Part
- Description of Spring—1. Sight. 2. Hearing
- 3. Smell. 4. Taste. 5. Touch
- The Mind
- XII DOMUS—The New House
- The Vestibulum—The Door—The Threshold
- The Door—The Hall
- The Staircase
- Winding Stairs—The Floor—The Upper Story
- The Dining-Room—The Window
- The Summer-house—The Sleeping-room
- The Sweating Chamber
- The Chapel
- The Kitchen—Eating Chamber—The Cellar
- The Back-door
- The Portico
- XIII SCHOLA—The School
- I. The Teachers
- II. Grades or Honours of Scholars—Tyro—Baccalaureus—Licentiates—Doctors
- The Rector
- III. Hours of Teaching and Repetition
- IV. Authors
- V. The Library
- VI. The Disputation—1. The Praeses.
- XIV CUBICULUM ET LUCUBRATIO—The Sleeping-room and Studies by Night
- I. Studies by Night
- Time
- Circumstances Aiding Studies
- Subjects of Study
- II. The Bed—Its Equipment
- Adjuncts
- XV CULINA—The Kitchen
- I. The Hiring of Apicius
- II. The Precepts of Apicius
- III. Songs
- XVI TRICLINIUM—The Dining-room
- I. The Introduction (Initium)
- II. Narration—Description of Scopas
- Description of the Dining-hall
- XVII CONVIVIUM—The Banquet
- I. The Beginning (Initium)
- II. First Course—Bread
- Fruits
- Meats
- Wine
- Drinking
- Water
- Beer
- Pottage
- Fish
- Birds
- III. Second Course
- IV. End of the Banquet
- XVIII EBRIETAS—Drunkenness
- I. Exordium
- Digression
- II. The Exposition (Narratio)
- Cause
- Effects
- XIX REGIA—The King’s Palace
- I. Introduction (Exordium)
- Apparel—The Countenance
- II. Exposition (Narratio)—The King
- The Dauphin—Dignitaries—Prefects
- Counsellors
- Secretaries
- Courtiers
- Chancellor—Secretary—Litigants—Prefect of the Bed-chamber
- Master of the Feast
- Ladies’ Quarters
- Leisure Time—Flattery
- XX PRINCEPS PUER—The Young Prince
- I. The Teaching of Morobulus—The Study of Literature
- Teachers
- The Act of Governing
- First Similitude
- Second Similitude
- Third Similitude
- How the Art of Governing is to be Acquired
- 1. Teachers no longer Living
- 2. Living Teachers
- The Sort of Leisure to be Shunned—The Assertion of the Similitude (Protasis)
- Its Explanation (Apodosis)
- XXI LUDUS CHARTARUM SEU FOLIORUM—Card-playing or Paper-games
- I. Introduction on the Weather
- II. The Playing—Drawing Lots
- Partners
- Modes of Distribution of Cards
- The Stake
- The Contest
- End of the Game
- XXII LEGES LUDI—Laws of Playing A VARIED DIALOGUE ON THE CITY OF VALENCIA
- Part I. Lutetia
- Valencia
- Walk through the City of Valencia
- Games—Ball
- The Market
- Part II. The Laws of Play—The First Law
- The Second Law
- The Third Law
- The Fourth Law
- The Fifth Law
- The Sixth Law
- XXIII CORPUS HOMINIS EXTERIUS—The Exterior of Man’s Body
- I. Introduction (Exordium)
- II. Criticism
- XXIV EDUCATIO—Education
- I. Introduction (Exordium)
- II. The Controversy
- Family Teaching
- The Real “Good”
- The Statement of the Problem (Propositio)
- Assumptio (Hypothesis)—Complexio (Conclusion)
- III. Epilogue
- XXV PRAECEPTA EDUCATIONIS—The Precepts of Education
- I. Introductory (Exordium)
- II. The Exposition (Narratio)
- The Precepts
- III. Epilogue
- FOOTNOTES:
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