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Juan de Segovia

Born: ca. 1393, probably Segovia

Died: 1458, Aiton

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Juan de Segovia was a Spanish theologian, best known for his role at the Council of Basel, as well as for his thoughts on a peaceful, rational resolution to the conflict between Christianity and Islam.

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Primary Literature

  • Johannes von Segovia. 1995. Liber de magna auctoritate episcoporum in concilio generali, ed. Rolf de Kegel. Freiburg (CH): Universitätsverlag.

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  • Wolf, Anne Marie. 2014. Juan de Segovia and the fight for peace: Christians and Muslims in the fifteenth century. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press.

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  1. Department of Greek and Latin Philology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Dennis Pulina

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Faculty of Arts. Building B, Campus UAB, Department: Catalan Language, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola), Barcelona, Spain

    Alejandro Coroleu ICREA-Research Professor

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Pulina, D. (2019). Juan de Segovia. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1192-1

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