Doctrina compendiosa

Nevertheless, some works of Jaume Riera Sans^[2] and Curt Wittlin^[3] have proved that Eiximenis was not the author of this book.

The main reasons would be the following ones:

• Eiximenis never wrote any other book with the form of a dialog.
• Six of the nine preserved manuscripts do not have the name of the author.
• The author of this work does not make any other internal reference to the Eiximenis' works, as he used to do in his works.
• There are few quotations of the Bible and of the Church Fathers and Doctors of the Church.
• The way of making quotations in Latin in this work is totally different from the rest of Eiximenis' works.

Curt Wittlin suggests that the author of this work could be Ramon Soler, who was a jurist and important citizen of Valencia, and also a close friend of Francesc Eiximenis. Therefore, this work would be a kind of reminder of the doctrines of Eiximenis, since this book has a lot of similarities with Eiximenis' social and political thought, and with his works where he deals with those matters, such as the Regiment de la cosa pública.

Furthermore, C. Wittlin has found a lot of influence from the works of the mediaeval jurist Albertanus of Brescia.^[4] It would support the theory that the author was a jurist, like Ramon Soler was.