Bernardo Pérez de Chinchón

Bernardo Pérez de Chinchón (c.1488/93 – 1556?) was a Valencian Roman Catholic writer.

Pérez de Chinchón translated Erasmus into Castilian.[1] Employed by Juan de Borja, 3rd Duke of Gandía,[2] he also wrote works of Christian apologetics directed against Islam.[3]

Works edit

  • (tr.) Erasmus, Silenos de Alcibíades (Adagia), Valencia: Jorge Costilla, 1528
  • Libro llamado Antialcorano: que quiere dezir contra el Alcoran de Mahoma, Valencia, 1532
  • Diálogos christianos contra la secta mahomética y contra la pertinacia de los judíos, Valencia: Francisco Díaz Romano, 1535.

References edit

  1. ^ Grace Magnier (2010). Pedro de Valencia and the Catholic Apologists of the Expulsion of the Moriscos: Visions of Christianity and Kingship. BRILL. p. 28. ISBN 978-90-04-18288-2.
  2. ^ Charles Fantazzi (2008). A Companion to Juan Luis Vives. BRILL. p. 346. ISBN 978-90-04-16854-1.
  3. ^ Antialcorano: Dialogos Cristianos. Ed Francisco Pons Fuster, Alicante, 2000.

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