Pastoral (Eiximenis)

Beginning of the incunabula of the Pastorale by Francesc Eiximenis , which was printed in Barcelona in 1495

The Pastorale (Pastoral Letter) is a literary work that by Francesc Eiximenis in Valencia on Latin interlocutory 1397 and 1400 was written. The book is dedicated to Hug de Llupià , the Bishop of Valencia .

origin

The pastoral was written for the new bishop of Valencia, Hug de Llupià i Bages , because the pastor of Penàguila , Miquel de Miracle, had asked him to do so, as the introduction of the book confirms. Possibly the book was written when Hug de Llupià was appointed Bishop of Valencia in 1397 or 1398. Or maybe the book was written when Hug de Llupià finally arrived in Valencia on August 9, 1400.

Structure and content

The book contains one hundred and sixty-seven sections, and consists of four essays. It deals with the duties of bishops , although initially it has to do with priests.

This work could perhaps correspond to the Onzè (eleventh volume) of Lo Crestià , which was not written by and which was supposed to deal with priests. Nonetheless, the priesthood is also a sacrament , and the Desè (tenth volume) of Lo Crestià should deal with it.

This book follows the model of the Regula Pastoralis (rule of pastoral letters) of Gregory the Great , which is considered a textbook for the life of priests and bishops.

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There is an incunabulum published in Barcelona by Pere Posa on December 5, 1495 . A critical edition and translation into Catalan was recently completed as a doctoral thesis. This dissertation is only available online.

Curt Wittlin had translated five sections (36 to 40) into German in an interesting article. This article explores Eiximenis' hidden antimonarchism and antioligarchism.

Digital editions

incunabulum

Edition on the Memòria Digital de Catalunya (Digital Memory of Catalonia) of the incunabula edition published in Barcelona by Pere Posa on December 5th, 1495.

Modern editions

Edition on Tesis doctorales en Red (doctoral theses on line) of the critical edition and translation into Catalan by Montserrat Martínez Checa ( Francesc Eiximenis. Pastorale. Edició i traducció . Barcelona. UAB. 1995. LXXXVII + [VIII + 450] (edition and translation) + 12 (Appendix)). Doctoral thesis by Montserrat Martínez Checa, reviewed by Professor José Martínez Gázquez ( Autonomous University of Barcelona , 1995 ).

The pastoral on the entire digitized works

Complete works by Francesc Eiximenis (in Catalan and Latin) .

Web links

Pastorals in the general catalog of incandescent prints (GW number M51904)

Individual evidence

↑ Hauf, Albert. D'Eiximenis a sor Isabel de Villena . Barcelona / Valencia. PAM / IIFV. 1990, p. 62 n.6 (in Catalan)
↑ Chabás, Roc. Episcopologio Valentino . V. II [unpublished], p. 212-214. (in Spanish)
↑ Martínez Checa, Montserrat. Francesc Eiximenis. Pastoral. Edició i traducció . Barcelona. UAB. 1995. LXXXVII + [VIII + 450] (edition and translation) +12 (appendix). (in Latin and Catalan)
^ Wittlin, Curt. “Quae maxime damnant animas principum: Five antimonarchical chapters in the Pastorale of Francesc Eiximenis”. ZfK , 2, 1989. 98-114.

[1] Hauf, Albert. D'Eiximenis a sor Isabel de Villena . Barcelona / Valencia. PAM / IIFV. 1990, p. 62 n.6 (in Catalan)

[2] Chabás, Roc. Episcopologio Valentino . V. II [unpublished], p. 212-214. (in Spanish)

[3] Martínez Checa, Montserrat. Francesc Eiximenis. Pastoral. Edició i traducció . Barcelona. UAB. 1995. LXXXVII + [VIII + 450] (edition and translation) +12 (appendix). (in Latin and Catalan)

[4] Wittlin, Curt. “Quae maxime damnant animas principum: Five antimonarchical chapters in the Pastorale of Francesc Eiximenis”. ZfK , 2, 1989. 98-114.