Name

Pedro Mexía

Original name

Main activity

Intellectual

Secondary activity

Title

Name variations

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Education place

Sevilla, Salamanca

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Sevilla

Date of birth

1497

Place of death

Sevilla

Date of death

1551

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/2HXSBHWV/tags/Pedro%20Mex%C3%ADa/collection

Descriptive card

Typical encyclopaedist Renaissance intellectual, Pedro Mexía is the author of the "Silva de varia lección" (1540), a collection of prose on various subjects (history, customs, superstitions, mythology, etc.) repeatedly printed and translated, which contains interesting chapters about Muhammad and Islam, with qur'anic references.

Entry author

Irene Reginato