A Companion to Ramon Llull and Lullism

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A Companion to Ramon Llull and Lullism offers a comprehensive survey of the work of the Majorcan lay theologian and philosopher Ramon Llull (1232-1316) and of its influence in late medieval, Renaissance, and early modern Europe, as well as in the Spanish colonies of the New World. Llull’s unique system of philosophy and theology, the “Great Universal Art,” was widely studied and admired from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. His evangelizing ideals and methods inspired centuries of Christian missionaries. His many writings in Catalan, his native vernacular, remain major monuments in the literary history of Catalonia. Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works Figures from Llull’s Great Art Part 1: Llull as Philosopher and Theologian 1 Ramon Llull, ca. 1232–1316 • Mark D. Johnston 2 Ramon Llull and His Contemporaries • Henry Berlin 3 Llull as Lay Philosopher and Theologian • Josep Batalla 4 Llull’s “Great Universal Art” • Josep E. Rubio Part 2: Llull as Evangelist 5 Ramon Llull and Islam • Gregory Stone 6 Llull and Inter-Faith Dialogue • Annemarie Mayer 7 Ramon Llull’s Crusade Treatises • Pamela Beattie Part 3: Llull as Vernacular Writer 8 Ephemeral Stories: Llull and Medieval Exemplary Literature • José Aragüés Aldaz 9 Narrative Structure and Cultural Significance in the Novels of Ramon Llull • Alexander W. Ibarz 10 Ramon Llull as Encyclopedist • Mary Franklin-Brown Part 4: Renaissance and Modern Lullism 11 Lullism among French and Spanish Humanists of the Early 16th Century • Linda Báez Rubí 12 Academic Lullism from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Century • Rafael Ramis Barceló 13 Llull in Seventeenth-Century England • Roberta Albrecht Part 5: Lullist Missions to the New World 14 A Lullist in the New World: Bernat Boïl • John Dagenais 15 Lullism in New Spain • Linda Báez Rubí 16 A Lullist in the New World: Junípero Serra • John Dagenais Index