Fadrique Furio Ceriol

Miquel Joan Ceriol i Balle (24 May 1527 - August 12, 1592), also known as Fridericus Furius Caeriolanus or Fadrique Furió Ceriol, was a Valencian humanist active during the Spanish Golden Age. He is known primarily for his rhetorical treatise Institutionum Rhetoricarum libri tres; Bononia, an argument for vernacular Bible translation; and El Concejo, i consejeros del Príncipe, an important addition to the realpolitik tradition of the mirror of princes genre after Machiavelli's Il Principe.

Biography Miquel Joan was born in Valencia on May 24, 1527. He completed his studies at the University of Louvain, where he obtained his doctorate in civil and canon law.

Works

Institutionum Rhetoricarum libri tres (1554) Bononia, sive de libris sacris in vernaculam liguam conuertendis, libri duo (1556) El Concejo, i consejeros del Príncipe (1559) Gramática de la Lengua Vulgar de España (1559) Comedia llamada Josephina (1559) Remedios para el sosiego de las alteraciones de los Países Bajos de los Estados de Flandes (1573) Avisos acerca de los Estados Bajos (1566) Medios para la pacificación de los Estados Baxos (1578) Petición a Felipe II (1581) Del uso o abuso común de los títulos (1583).