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'''Pedro Mejía''' (old Spanish spelling: '''Pero Mexía'''), (between 17 January and 6 September 1497 - 17 January 1551) was a Spanish Renaissance writer, humanist and historian. | '''Pedro Mejía''' (old Spanish spelling: '''Pero Mexía'''), (between 17 January and 6 September 1497 - 17 January 1551) was a Spanish Renaissance writer, humanist and historian. | ||
He was born and died in Seville, where he lived for the majority of his life and for which there is always a special affection in his writings. | He was born and died in Seville, where he lived for the majority of his life and for which there is always a special affection in his writings. | ||
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In 1548, he was appointed official chronicler of the court of Emperor Charles V. | In 1548, he was appointed official chronicler of the court of Emperor Charles V. | ||
His major work is [[Silva de varia lección (nonfiction)]] ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons") (1540), which became an early best seller across Europe. | His major work is [[Silva de varia lección (nonfiction)]] ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons") (1540), which became an early best seller across Europe. | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
[[A People's History of the United States (nonfiction)]] | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Silva de varia lección]] | * [[Silva de varia lección]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Silva de varia lección (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mex%C3%ADa Pedro Mexía] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mex%C3%ADa Pedro Mexía] | ||
Revision as of 17:52, 24 June 2016
Pedro Mejía (old Spanish spelling: Pero Mexía), (between 17 January and 6 September 1497 - 17 January 1551) was a Spanish Renaissance writer, humanist and historian.
He was born and died in Seville, where he lived for the majority of his life and for which there is always a special affection in his writings.
He studied humanities and law at Seville and Salamanca universities.
He maintained correspondence with Erasmus of Rotterdam, Luis Vives and Juan Gines de Sepulveda.
In 1548, he was appointed official chronicler of the court of Emperor Charles V.
His major work is Silva de varia lección (nonfiction) ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons") (1540), which became an early best seller across Europe.
It was reprinted 17 times in the sixteenth century and was translated into Italian (1542), French (1552) and English (1571). Within a century, Silva reached 31 editions in Spanish, and 75 in foreign languages.
It is an encyclopedic miscellany or mixture of subjects of interest across the diverse repertoire of humanistic knowledge of the time.
Nonfiction cross-reference
A People's History of the United States (nonfiction)
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
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