Jiménez de Cisneros : on the threshold of Spain's Golden Age

168 Pages·1999·4.3 MB·English

by  Rummel, Erika, 1942-

Jimenez de Cisneros:
On the Threshold of
Spain's Golden Age
Medieval and Renaissance
and
Texts Studies
Volume 212
Renaissance Masters 3
Richard Schoeck
J.
General Editor
Jimenez de Cisneros:
On
the Threshold of
Spain's Golden Age
by
Erika Rummel
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Tempe, Arizona
1999
—
A generous grantfrom
TheProgramfor Cultural Cooperation Between
Spain's Ministry ofCulture and United States' Universities
has assisted in meeting thepublication costs ofthis volume.
® Copyright 1999
Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rummel, Erika, 1942-
Jimenez de Cisneros on the threshold of Spain's Golden Age / by
:
Erika Rummel.
— & &
p. cm. (Medieval Renaissance texts studies; v. 212. Renais-
sance masters ; 3)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-86698-254-X (alk. paper)
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1. Jimanez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436.^-1517. 2. Spain History
FerdinandandIsabella, 1479-1516. 3. Statesmen—Spain—Biography. 4. Car-
& &
dinals—Spain—Biography. I. Title, n. Medieval Renaissance Texts
& &
Studies (Series) ; v. 212. HI. Medieval Renaissance Texts Studies
(Series). Renaissance masters ; 3.
DP166.X5 R86 1999
946.03~dc21 99-054901
®
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Table of Contents
Preface vii
Chapter One
Spain in the Time of Cisneros 1
Chapter Two
Cisneros' Programme of Church Reform 18
Chapter Three
Crusader, Missionary, and Guardian of the Faith 29
Chapter Four
The University of Alcala and the Complutensian Polyglot 53
Chapter Five
Cisneros and the Politics of Spain, 1492-1516 66
Chapter Six
The Second Regency, 1516-1517 79
Chapter Seven
The Final Months 95
Chapter Eight
The Image of the Cardinal 108
Literature Cited 119
Appendix 1
The Constitution of San Ildefonso College 125
Appendix 2
An Anonymous Life of Cardinal Cisneros 137
Index 145
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