Twilight of the Renaissance: The Life of Juan de Valdes

by Daniel A. Crews

Diplomat, courtier, and heretic, Juan de Vald s (c.1500-1541) was one of the most famous humanist writers in Renaissance Spain. In this biography, Daniel A. Crews paints a lively portrait of a complex and fascinating figure by focusing on Vald s's service as an imperial courtier and how his employments in Italy - after brushes with the Spanish Inquisition - influenced both Spanish diplomacy and his own religious thought. Twilight of the Renaissance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487526091
• ISBN13: 9781487526092
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher