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Vita coaetanea / A Contemporary Life / Vida coetánea / Vida coetània
Ramon Llull
出版
John Benjamins Publishing Company
, 2017-04-20
主題
Literary Criticism / Medieval
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
ISBN
902726533X
9789027265333
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=FuKYDgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.