Lluís Brines i Garcia

Lluís Brines i Garcia (or Luis Brines García in Spanish) (Barcelona, 1971) is a Catalan researcher, whose paternal family comes from Simat de la Valldigna (Safor). He is the son of the musician Lluís Brines Selfa. He has lived in Valencian Country since 1989. He is a specialist in Francesc Eiximenis, about whom he wrote his doctoral dissertation. He is the creator of the antiblavers website and was its administrator until 2011. He is also Franciscan tertiary.

Research

Lluís Brines' main research line has been Francesc Eiximenis' thought and works.

Beginning of the Terç del Crestià in the manuscript 1792 from the National Library of Madrid.

Lluís Brines' research about Francesc Eiximenis began with his doctoral dissertation, after getting his degree in Law in the University of Valencia. This task took him 4 years (1998–2002). The original title of this dissertation was La filosofia política i jurídica de Francesc Eiximenis (Francesc Eiximenis' Political and Legal Philosophy). It analyzes Francesc Eiximenis' works and thought from a social, political, economic and only in some respect, in spite of the title, legal point of view. It deals specially with the theological Franciscan thought and its presence in Eiximenis' work. It deals as well with eschatological matters and prophetism. This doctoral dissertation was published, with some additions, in 2004, now with the title of La Filosofia Social i Política de Francesc Eiximenis (Francesc Eiximenis' Social and Political Philosophy).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It was reprinted in the review Estudios Franciscanos (Franciscan Studies) between 2006 and 2007 (with an enlargement of a short biography of Francesc Eiximenis).[8]

Later Dr. Brines wrote in 2009, owing to a grant that was given by the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (Valencian Language Academy) a Biografia documentada de Francesc Eiximenis (Francesc Eiximenis' documented biography).[9] The book was finally published in 2018.[10][11][12][13]

In 2009 he worked together with philologist Josep Palomero in an edition with modern language of Francesc Eiximenis' classical book Regiment de la cosa pública (Government of the Republic).[14]

His latest research on Eiximenis has deepened in the theological aspects of Eiximenis' thought, and the result of it is the article Tendències de pensament franciscà en Francesc Eiximenis (Tendencies of Franciscan thought in Francesc Eiximenis), which was published in the EF in 2014.[15]

In 2015 he contributed to a collective tribute to the Swiss-Canadian Eiximenis researcher Curt Wittlin, whose title is "Eiximenis i la ciència" (Eiximenis and science).[16]

One of his last research lines has been Ramon Llull's thought, specially the theological side of it within the Franciscan thought. Since year 2016 is the 800th anniversary of Llull's death, Brines has written the article whose title is Tendències franciscanes en Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull's Franciscan tendencies), which has been published also in the EF in a special issue about this Majorcan author.[17]

Since 2017 he collaborates with the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), which is a digital encyclopedia in German language about Christian persons related to the history of the church, philosophy and literature. In this encyclopedia, together with a biography of the person, there is a selection of bibliography and secondary literature about this person. The selected people stem from the fields of Christian theology, history, literature, music, painting, pedagogy and philosophy.[18]

In 2019 he wrote an obituary for Professors Curt Wittlin, who died on 23rd September that year, and David Viera, who had previously died on 11th September 2015. Both Professors had had a very important role in the research about Francesc Eiximenis. The obituary was finally published in 2020 in Spanish.[19][20] Versions in Catalan and in English appeared also that year in the website of the North-American Catalan Society.[21] A short version in German appeared also in 2020.[22]

Antiblavers project

Lluís Brines was the ideologist and creator of the website antiblavers, whose main aim was to fight in a scientific and serious way against Blaverism. Other collaborators took care of the informatic matters.

At the end of 2004 a group of people around the Valencian Community was very concerned about the fact that there were many Blaverist websites, such as www.elpalleter.com, www.valenciafreedom.com or www.llenguavalencianasi.com. Moreover, these websites were very aggressive and offered a biased point of view. So they had the aim of creating a serious and scientific tool in order to fight against Blaverism. This is the way that www.antiblavers.info was born in May 2005. In the beginning the website offered only information, with a part of research materials and a gallery of images. During its first year it achieved 35,000 visits.[23] After some time, in August 2006, a forum was added.[24]

One of the most important milestones of the website during its first years was the gathering of old and modern evidences of the flag with four red stripes in Valencian territory. This way in February 2010 there were already 2100 evidences that had been gathered.[25] In the research that lead to the report about the historicity of the flag with four red stripes in Valencian territory, the creators of this website had the personal advising of the prestigious Valencian heraldist Pere Maria Orts i Bosch.

Logo de la web antiblavers.org

At the end of 2010 the website creators suffered an outrageous attack campaign that was made by the Blaverists, who were very upset by the task of telling the historical truth and of fighting them that this website was doing. Maybe one thing that made Blaverists very upset was the success of the campaign that was done by the website antiblavers, in collaboration with the antifeixistes website in order to avoid the presence of the GAV (Group of Valencianist Action) in the Christmas fair Expojove during the Christmas of 2010. As they acknowledged themselves, Expojove was the main attraction point for new members of the GAV.[26]

As a result of these immoderate attacks, in 2011 Lluís Brines ceased to be the main administrator of the website, and other people began to do this task, even though he collaborated from time to time. Moreover, the project was divided into two websites:

  • antiblavers.org – The main website, that has most of the information and a debate forum.
  • antiblavers.info – It was the first name of the website, before the project was divided into two websites. Nowadays it is a blog, whose content is varied and dynamic.[27]

Blaverist threats and attacks

The first important Blaverist attack against Lluís Brines took place in December 2010, when in his old address in Valencia some graffiti appeared with his name and surname and the words "paederast" and "paedophile". These insults against him were constantly repeated in the website www.valenciafreedom.com, which is linked with the GAV. The graffiti was allegedly made by the former co-president of the Youths of the GAV (JJGAV) Aitor Alan Marquina Bañuls.[28]

Threatening graffiti with a bull's eye against Lluís Brines i Garcia that was made in Valencia on 24 November 2012. This 71 is the GAV's anagram.

A bit later, in January 2011, other graffitis appeared in Simat de la Valldigna (Safor), the village of Brines' paternal family, where he was also called "paederast" and "paedophile". Several witnesses of the village identified the GAV activist from Gandía Francisco Albiñana Barber as the author of such graffitis.[29]

Finally, in November 2012 another graffiti appeared in the address of Valencia that was used by Lluís Brines as the address for court notifications. This graffiti consisted in Brines' name and surnames, a bull's eye and it was signed by the anagram 71, which is the one that the GAV uses (7 is the place of letter G inside the alphabet, and 1 is the place of letter A).[30]

The three graffitis were denounced by Lluís Brines, but this kind of graffitis are seldom (or never) investigated in Spain, and these three matters were filed by the legal authorities.

Furthermore, in the Blaverist and far-right website valenciafreedom there is a permanent thread, allegedly opened by the above-mentioned Francisco Albiñana Barber (who uses the pseudonyms of paco1983 and nandivirus in that website), where Lluís Brines receives all kinds of insults and slanders.[31]

Francisco Albiñana Barber was finally condemned in 2018 to pay a fine of 600 €,[32][33] and since then he ceased to attack Lluís Brines and even to write in the Blaverist and far-right website valenciafreedom.

Publications
  • La filosofia social i política de Francesc Eiximenis (Francesc Eiximenis' Social and Political Philosophy). Sevilla. Ed. Novaedició. 2004. 653. ISBN 84-609-0477-6 (in Catalan)

It was reprinted in the review Estudios Franciscanos (Franciscan Studies), with the addition of a short biography of Francesc Eiximenis, in four parts: 1st part: EF Vol. 107 nº 440. January–August 2006. 41-232. 2nd part: EF Vol. 107 nº 441. September–December 2006. 303–495. 3rd part: EF Vol. 108 nº 442. January–August 2007. 41–134. 4th part: EF Vol. 108 nº 443. September–December 2007. 279–420.

References
  1. This edition can be read on line. (in Catalan)
  2. A public introduction of this book was made in the Club Diario Levante (Levante newspaper club) on 26 May 2004, by the author, the publisher José Manuel Altava and professor Albert Hauf. Here a chronique that was made by the Levante-EMV newspaper in the printed edition of 28 May 2004 can be read. (in Spanish)
  3. A recension of this book in the review Zeitschrift für Katalanistik, by Valentí Fàbrega i Escatllar (ZfK, 19. 2006. 247–252) can be read (in Catalan)
  4. Valentí Fàbrega wrote also another recension of this book in the review Actualidad Bibliográfica de Filosofía y Teología (84, 2005, 170-3). (in Spanish)
  5. Curt Wittlin also made a recension of this book in the Catalan Review (Catalan Review XXI, 1–2. 2007. 403-9) (in English)
  6. Josep Perarnau made also a recension of this book in the Arxiu de Textos Catalans Antics (ATCA) (Archive of Ancient Catalan Texts) (ATCA, 26. 2007. 813–816). (in Catalan)
  7. Another recension by David Viera, professor of the Tennessee Technological University was published in the review Romance Philology (59, 2005, 206-210). (in English)
  8. Thus it was reprinted in four parts, with these bibliographical references: 1st part: EF Vol. 107 nº 440. January–August 2006. 41-232. 2nd part: EF Vol. 107 nº 441. September–December 2006.303–495. 3rd part: EF Vol. 108 nº 442. January–August 2007. 41–134. 4th part: EF Vol. 108 nº 443. September–December 2007. 279–420. (in Catalan)
  9. Here the awarding of this grant by the Valencian regional government can be read. (in Catalan and Spanish).
  10. This edition can be read on line
  11. A recension by Valentí Serra de Manresa, O.F.M. Cap. was published in the review Estudios Franciscanos in 2018 (Vol. 120. Nº 465. September–December 2018. 624). (in Catalan)
  12. Brother Valentí Serra wrote another recension in 2019 in the Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique. (in Spanish)
  13. Rafael Sanz, O.F.M. published a recension in the review Archivum Franciscanum Historicum in 2019 (Vol. 112. 1-2. January–June 2019. 418-420). (in Spanish)
  14. Description of the book in the catalogue of Bromera printing house. (in Catalan)
  15. On line edition (in Catalan)
  16. Separate part of the article. (in Catalan)
  17. On line edition. (in Catalan)
  18. In 2017 he wrote a first version of an article about Francesc Eiximenis, which was enlarged in 2020. In 2020 he has also written articles about Arnau de Vilanova, Richard Kilvington, Antoni Canals and Thomas of Ireland. In 2021 he wrote an article about Richard de Bury. (in German)
  19. This article was published in REHIPIP, 14. December 2019-February 2020. 123-142. (in Spanish)
  20. This article was published in Estudios Franciscanos Vol. 121. Nº 468. January-August 2020. 167-197. (in Spanish)
  21. These versions can be seen in the news that appear in the front page of the NACS website. (in Catalan) (in English)
  22. It was published in the review Zeitschrift für Katalanistik, 33. 2020. 361-367.
  23. News in Levante-EMV (in Spanish).
  24. News in Racó català (in Catalan).
  25. News in Racó català (in Catalan).
  26. News in the www.antifeixistes.com website (in Catalan)
  27. Announcement of the birth of this blog in February 2011. (in Catalan)
  28. Image of graffitis
  29. Image of this graffiti
  30. Image of this graffiti
  31. This is the thread Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  32. "Juicio sobre delitos leves 1583/2016 F" (PDF) (in Spanish). 12 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via antiblavers.org.
  33. The first sentence was appealed by Francisco Albiñana Barber. But it was unsuccessful, and so this is the final condemnatory sentence, which was issued on 5 September 2018. (in Spanish)
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