Bernardo Aldrete
Bernardo Aldrete (born August 21, 1560 in Málaga ; † October 4, 1641 ) was a Spanish humanist and early Romanist .
Life
In his work Del origen y principio de la lengua castellana o romance que hoy se usa en España (Rome 1606; Madrid 1674; Edición facsimilar y estudio de Lidio Nieto Jiménez, 2 vols., Madrid 1972–1975; without study, 1993; Valladolid 2002) Bernardo José de Aldrete extensively proved the Latin origin of Spanish and described the Romanization process on the Iberian Peninsula. In doing so, he proved himself to be an unrivaled Romanist avant la lettre .
Works
- Varias antigüedades de España, África y otras provincias , Antwerp 1614 (reprinted in New York 2009)
literature
- Werner Bahner : Historical awareness and language history in the Siglo de Oro. On the specifics of the Spanish language, in: Art and Communication. Reflections on the medium of language in Romania. Festschrift for Richard Baum's 60th birthday , ed. by Maria Lieber and Willi Hirdt, Tübingen 1997, pp. 13–24
- Kathryn A. Woolard: Bernardo de Aldrete, humanist and Laminario , in: Al Qantara 24, 2003, pp. 449–476 ( online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernardo Aldrete in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Different life data (1565–1645) among others in GND. Query date: July 8, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aldrete, Bernardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish humanist and early Romanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1560 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Málaga |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1641 |