WRITER

Juan de Valdés

1505 - 1541

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Juan de Valdés (c.1490 – August 1541) was a Spanish religious writer and Catholic reformer. He was the younger of twin sons of Fernando de Valdés, hereditary regidor of Cuenca in Castile, where Valdés was born. He has been confused with his twin brother Alfonso (a courtier of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who attended Charles's coronation in Aachen in 1520 and was Latin secretary of state from 1524). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de Valdés has received more than 55,858 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Valdés is the 2,353rd most popular writer (up from 2,481st in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from Spain (up from 832nd in 2019) and the 86th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

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  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Diálogo de la lengua
Spanish language, Early works to 1800, History
1919
Trataditos
Christianity
1880
Cartas inéditas de Juan de Valdés al cardenal Gonzaga
1931
Diálogo de doctrina cristiana
Doctrinal Theology
1925
Las ciento diez divinas consideraciones
1975
Instrucion Cristiana para los ninos, en ocho lenguas
Religious education
1883
Diálogo de la lengua
Spanish language, Early works to 1800, History
1919
Diálogo de la Lengua
1969
Juán de Valdés' Commentary Upon St. Paul's First Epistle to the Church at Corinth
2018
Salterio
1880
Life and Writings of Juan de Valdés
2018
Trataditos
Christianity
1880

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juan de Valdés ranks 2,353 out of 7,302. Before him are Terry Bisson, Anton Bernolák, Karel Hynek Mácha, Phocylides, Margit Sandemo, and Philip Sidney. After him are Paul Adam, Walter Bagehot, Dmytro Dontsov, Maksim Bahdanovič, Ybyrai Altynsarin, and Frigyes Karinthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Juan de Valdés ranks 7. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Mary of Hungary, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Andrea Amati, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, and Michel de l'Hôpital. After him are Christine of Saxony, Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Lambert Lombard, Nikolaus Federmann, and Vicente Juan Masip. Among people deceased in 1541, Juan de Valdés ranks 15. Before him are Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, Andreas Karlstadt, Fernando de Rojas, and Thomas Culpeper. After him is Wolfgang Capito.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Valdés ranks 796 out of 3,355. Before him are Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius (-160), Juan Belmonte (1892), Muhammad III of Córdoba (976), Sergio Busquets (1988), Massiel (1947), and Elvira de Hidalgo (1891). After him are Pepe Reina (1982), Diego Ortiz (1510), Alonso Berruguete (1488), Nasr of Granada (1287), Raimon Panikkar (1918), and Mécia Lopes de Haro (1215).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan de Valdés ranks 86. Before him are Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Leopoldo Alas (1852), Francesc Eiximenis (1330), and José Zorrilla (1817). After him are Ana María Matute (1925), Alonso de Ercilla (1533), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), Miguel Delibes (1920), Juan del Encina (1468), and Abraham ibn Daud (1110).

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