Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject

The influence of the Counter-Reformation is fundamental to deal the educational models of the late sixteenth century and Baroque. The religious education became the main focus of the primary schools. It is for that reason that materials for reading and writing include texts from doctrinal and devoti...

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Main Author: José Vicente SALIDO LÓPEZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2016-10-01
Series:Historia de la Educación
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/15085
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description The influence of the Counter-Reformation is fundamental to deal the educational models of the late sixteenth century and Baroque. The religious education became the main focus of the primary schools. It is for that reason that materials for reading and writing include texts from doctrinal and devotional works. In the Baroque, because of his particular vision of life, are enriched with reflections on death and worldly vanity. This article aims to analyze the main calligraphy manuals of the period to find this moralizing purpose in exercises for students, tracking the sources and the pedagogical principle followed by their authors.
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spellingShingle José Vicente SALIDO LÓPEZ
Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
Historia de la Educación
contrarreforma
barroco
historia de la educación
caligrafía, memento mori
title Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
title_full Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
title_fullStr Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
title_full_unstemmed Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
title_short Doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of Spanish Baroque. The Memento mori as a school subject
title_sort doctrinal and devotional literature in schools of spanish baroque the memento mori as a school subject
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barroco
historia de la educación
caligrafía, memento mori
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