J.L. Vives De officio mariti
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Juan Luis Vives was an influential sixteenth century scholar. This treatise is a sequel to his succesful publication 'De institutione feminae Christianae' (on the education of Christian women). It studies the institution of marriage from a male vantage point, with interesting observations on human nature and female psychology. Examples are drawn from ancient Greek authors and the bible. With the original latin text and the English translation.