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J. M. DENT & COMPANY

MCMVIII

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CONTENTS

Introduction—PAGE

J. L. Vives: A Scholar of the Renascence

[vii]

The Significance of the Dialogues of J. L. Vives

[xviii]

The Dedication of the School-Dialogues of Vives

[xxi]
Contents of the Dialogues[xxii]
Home and School Life[xxiii]
Subject-matter and Style[xxxii]
Popularity[xxxiv]
The Greek Words in Vives’ Dialogues[xxxv]
Euphrosynus Lapinus[xxxvi]
Style[xxxvi]

Characteristics of Vives as a Writer of Dialogues

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Vives as a Precursor of the Drama[xxxvii]
Some Educational Aspects of Vives’ Dialogues[xxxix]
Vives’ Idea of the School[xxxix]
Games[xli]
Nature Study[xliv]
Wine-drinking and Water-drinking[xlv]
The Vernacular[xlvi]
The Educational Ideal of Vives[xlviii]

Vives’ Last Dialogue: The Precepts of Education

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Dialogues
I.

Surrectio Matutina—Getting up in the Morning

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II.Prima Salutatio—Morning Greetings[6]
III.Deductio ad Ludum—Escorting to School[9]
IV.

Euntes ad Ludum Literarium—Going to School

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V.Lectio—Reading[18]
VI.

Reditus Domum et Lusus Puerilis—TheReturn Home and Children’s Play

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VII.Refectio Scholastica—School Meals[26]
VIII.Garrientes—Students’ Chatter[39]
IX.Iter et Equus—Journey on Horseback[55]
X.Scriptio—Writing[65]
XI.

Vestitus et Deambulatio Matutina—GettingDressed and the Morning Constitutional

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XII.Domus—The New House[93]
XIII.Schola—The School[101]
XIV.Cubiculum et Lucubratio—The Sleeping-roomand Studies by Night[109]
XV.Culina—The Kitchen[117]
XVI.Triclinium—The Dining-room[125]
XVII.Convivium—The Banquet[132]
XVIII.Ebrietas—Drunkenness[150]
XIX.Regia—The King’s Palace[163]
XX.Princeps Puer—The Young Prince[172]
XXI.

Ludus Chartarum seu Foliorum—Card-playingor Paper-games

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XXII.Leges Ludi—Laws of Playing[198]
XXIII.

Corpus Hominis Exterius—The Exterior ofMan’s Body

[210]
XXIV.Educatio—Education[219]
XXV.

Praecepta Educationis—The Precepts ofEducation

[234]
Index[243]

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INTRODUCTION