Tudor school-boy life: the dialogues of Juan Luis Vives
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Excerpt from Tudor School-Boy LifeVives states that he had the intention of writing a book of her acts and her life, and no one who reads the foregoing passage will be otherwise than regretful that he failed to carry out this purpose. As it is, we must content ourselves with another passage.1.
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- 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:
- INDEX
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