Francisco de Quevedo in the library of the jurist Johannes Conradus Monaeus (1607-1648)

Francisco de Quevedo en la biblioteca del jurista Johannes Conradus Monaeus (1607-1648)

Abstract

This article analyses the reception, around 1640, of the first French translation of Sueños and Discurso de todos los diablos by a specific reader: the German jurist and professor at the universities of Rinteln and Groningen, Johannes Conradus Monaeus, who seems to have focused his attention on the political dimension of Discurso de todos los diablos. Although a minor figure, he can be considered representative of that generation of Calvinist intellectuals of the first half of the 17^th century who trained under masters suchs as Herman Vultejus and Matthias Martinius. It also relates to the interest that Quevedo’s work aroused within the Reformed movement during the 17th century, as clearly reflected in the first Dutch translation by Haring van Harinxma.