Exhortation to Peace — Diego de Valera
Completed on or about 1448
Issue 01 — Fall 2019 — Session 01 —
Microliteratures: In the Margins of the Law
By Jesús R. Velasco | Published on August 10, 2019
By Jesús R. Velasco | Published on August 10, 2019
In this short treatise, Valera proposes a theoretical reading of the concept of peace. He wanders around a mostly Latin library of moral and political ideas about peace, that he refers to in the margins of his treatise. Dedicated to John II of Castile (r. 1406-1454), the treatise is a political intervention in the civil war that took Castile between 1437 and 1445 (with the Battle of Olmedo) and that would end up with the downfall and execution of the king’s favorite, Álvaro de Luna in 1453.
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- Diego de Valera, Exhortación. BNE Ms 9263. Fols 4r-15v (pp. 10-21 on pdf)
- Diego de Valera, Exhortación. BNE Ms 1341. Fols 47r-59r (pp. 53-66 on pdf)
- PhiloBiblon: Diego de Valera, Exhortación
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We will be reading from Baldissera’s more recent critical edition:
Baldissera, Andrea. “La Exhortación de la Paz di Diego de Valera (edizione critica).” Guerra e pace nel pensiero del Rinascimento. Florence: Cesati, 2005: 467–491.
There is a previous edition of the text that you can also use:
Penna, Mario. Prosistas Españoles del Siglo XV. Madrid: Atlas (BAE, 116), 1959: 77–87.
The links point to the digital reproduction of the two extant manuscripts of this work, both held at the National Library of Spain, in Madrid. For further information, another link points to the PhiloBiblon entry. Focus on how the manuscripts present the different levels of reading, theorization, and marginal annotations.
