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'''Manuel Villegas Piñateli''' was member of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]] from 1714 to 15 October 1752. |
'''Manuel de Villegas Piñateli''' was member of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]] from 1714 to 15 October 1752. |
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Piñateli was a secretary at the [[Captaincy General]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], secretary to King [[Charles II of Spain]], and to King [[Philip V of Spain]]. |
de Villegas Piñateli was a secretary at the [[Captaincy General]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], secretary to King [[Charles II of Spain]], and to King [[Philip V of Spain]]. His most detailed two volumes edition on Russian History, dated Madrid 1736, were used with great care as a source of social information and genealogy by the Spanish diplomats in Moscow, headed by the [[Duke of Berwick ]][[James Fitz-James Stuart]]. |
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He connected well, translating even some of their works, with the Roman Catholic Bishop tutors assigned by King [[Louis XIV of France]], [[Fenelon]],[[Claude Fleury]] , [[Bossuet ]], to educate his grand children, somewhat labelled by many in France as [[jansenists]]. |
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| ⚫ | He was listed as a "language authority" in the first 18th century edition of the Official Spanish Language Dictionary. In 1736, Piñateli's two-volume work on |
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| ⚫ | He was listed as a "language authority" in the first 18th century edition of the Official Spanish Language Dictionary. In 1736, Piñateli's two-volume work on Russian Hiory was published, entitled ''Historia de Moscovia y vida de sus zares, con una descripción de todo el imperio, su gobierno, religión, costumbres y genio de sus naturales''. Madrid, Imprenta del convento de la Merced), 2 vols (1736). |
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In the book he talks about the travels by [[Jesuit]] father [[Antonio Possevino]] (born 1534, [[Ferrara]], [[Italy]]; died February 26, 1611) acting as papal legate circa 1580. Possevino was the first Jesuit to visit Moscow, and was vicar general of [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and the northern islands, [[Muscovy]], [[Livonia]], [[Rus' (region)|Rus]], [[Hungary]], [[Pomerania]], [[Saxony]] from 1578. |
In the book he talks about the travels by [[Jesuit]] father [[Antonio Possevino]] (born 1534, [[Ferrara]], [[Italy]]; died February 26, 1611) acting as papal legate circa 1580. Possevino was the first Jesuit to visit Moscow, and was vicar general of [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and the northern islands, [[Muscovy]], [[Livonia]], [[Rus' (region)|Rus]], [[Hungary]], [[Pomerania]], [[Saxony]] from 1578. |
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Revision as of 18:20, 26 September 2013
Manuel de Villegas Piñateli was member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1714 to 15 October 1752.
de Villegas Piñateli was a secretary at the Captaincy General of Galicia, secretary to King Charles II of Spain, and to King Philip V of Spain. His most detailed two volumes edition on Russian History, dated Madrid 1736, were used with great care as a source of social information and genealogy by the Spanish diplomats in Moscow, headed by the Duke of Berwick James Fitz-James Stuart.
He connected well, translating even some of their works, with the Roman Catholic Bishop tutors assigned by King Louis XIV of France, Fenelon,Claude Fleury , Bossuet , to educate his grand children, somewhat labelled by many in France as jansenists.
He was listed as a "language authority" in the first 18th century edition of the Official Spanish Language Dictionary. In 1736, Piñateli's two-volume work on Russian Hiory was published, entitled Historia de Moscovia y vida de sus zares, con una descripción de todo el imperio, su gobierno, religión, costumbres y genio de sus naturales. Madrid, Imprenta del convento de la Merced), 2 vols (1736).
In the book he talks about the travels by Jesuit father Antonio Possevino (born 1534, Ferrara, Italy; died February 26, 1611) acting as papal legate circa 1580. Possevino was the first Jesuit to visit Moscow, and was vicar general of Sweden, Denmark and the northern islands, Muscovy, Livonia, Rus, Hungary, Pomerania, Saxony from 1578.
Piñateli was buried at the Chapel of the Christ of Burgos in the Church of San Nicolás, Madrid.
References
- Alás, Margarita Freixas. Las autoridades en el Primer Diccionario de la Real Academia Española. Departamento de Filología Española, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra. Doctoral thesis, June (2003). Bibliography: [1]
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