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his full name, [5]; his Jewish descent, [5-6]; his birthplace, [6]; his date of
birth, [7]; he goes to Madrid, then to the University
of Salamanca, [7]; he enters a religious order, [7]; renounces his share of the paternal estate, [8]; professes in the Augustinian order, [8]; his name appears on the list of theological
students at Salamanca, [8]; he lectures at Soria, [9];
matriculates at Alcalá de Henares, [9]; graduates at Toledo, [9];
graduates as licentiate of theology at Salamanca, [9]; fails to obtain the chair of Biblical exegesis at
Salamanca, [10]; thwarts the designs of Domingo
Bañez, [10]; is elected Professor of Theology
at Salamanca, [10]; is transferred to the chair of
Scholastic Theology and Biblical Criticism, [10], [11]; is chosen to be the first editor of St. Theresa's
works, [12]; incurs the enmity of Leon de Castro, [13], [14]; lectures on the Vulgate,
[14]; is elected on the committee appointed to
revise François Vatable's version of the Bible, [15]; threatens to burn Castro's Commentaria in
Essaiam Prophetam, [16]; out-argues Bartolomé de Medina, [18]; goes to Belmonte, [19]; falls
ill, [19]; is mentioned as an offender before the
Inquisitionary Committee, [20]; hands in a written
statement to the local Inquisition, [21]; his arrest
is recommended by that body, [22]; he finds fault
with Leon de Castro's knowledge of Latin and Greek and proposes to
call witnesses to prove this point, [33] n.;
quarrels with Medina, [36] n.; appeals to the
Consejo Real at Madrid and wins his case, [36] n.;
is taken to Valladolid jail by Almansa, [40]; is
lodged in the secret cells of the Inquisition, [40];
is nervous about his health, [41]; asks for books,
for powders for his heart-attacks, and for a knife to cut his food, [41]; is charged with translating into Spanish the
Song of Solomon, and admits having done so, [42];
implies that a copy may have reached Portugal, [44];
proves a formidable foe, [46]; petitions that his
University Chair should be kept open until the end of his trial, [47]; his petition is refused and Medina is appointed
in his place, [48]; his health suffers from
imprisonment, and he asks for the companionship of a monk of his
order, [49]; he requests to be transferred to a
Dominican Monastery, [50]; petitions for leave to go
to confession and to say Mass, [50]; his requests
are refused, [50]; the increasing bias of the
tribunal against him, [51]; he complains of his bad
memory, [51]; his fearless attitude, [52]; he brands all Dominicans as enemies, [52]; objects to the Faculty of Theology at
Alcalá de Henares, [53]; inveighs against
Medina and Castro, [54]; prevents Montoya's election
as Provincial of the Augustinians in Spain, [55];
describes Montoya as notorious for lying, [56];
entrusts Arboleda to collect favourable evidence, [56]; brands Diego de Zúñiga as a
deliberate perjurer, [57]; his criticism on
Zúñiga's book, [60]; his counsel, Dr.
Ortiz de Funes, [65]; his skill in drawing up his
own defence, [65]; he is told to choose two
patronos from four names unknown to him, [66];
requests that he be given Sebastian Perez as patrono, [66]; suggests that Dr. Cáncer or Hernando del
Castillo may be appointed with Perez, [66]; asks
that Castillo's name be removed from the list of patronos, [67]; threatens to appeal to the Inquisitor-General
against the enforced choosing of unknown patronos, [67]; decides to accept as patronos Fray Mancio de
Corpus Christi and either Medina or Dr. Cáncer, [68]; Mancio is appointed patrono and makes a report
favourable to him, [69]; all information of this is
withheld from him, [69]; he protests against his papers being
entrusted to Mancio, [69]; his suspicions and
distrust of Mancio, [69]-71; he becomes reconciled
with Mancio, [72]; loses judicial favour owing to
his vacillations over Mancio, [73]; his demeanour in
court, [74]; his portrait by Pacheco, [79]; his want of humour, [80]; his
gift of sarcasm, [80]; his versatility, [81]; his conservatism, [81]; his
teachers, [81]; his books, [81],
[82]; his knowledge of Italian, [83]; his curiosity about astrology, [84], [85]; he urges the Court to
prosecute Castro for perjury, [86]; declares that
his detention is illegal and demands compensation for it, [86]; his health declines and his irritability
increases, [87]; he is blamed by Castillo for
teaching erroneous doctrine, [89]; his moods of
depression, [89]; Menchaca, Álava, Tello
Maldonado, and Albornoz recommend that he be tortured, [90]; a more lenient view is adopted by Guijano de
Mercado and Frechilla, [91]; the Supreme Inquisition brushes aside the
views of both parties, [91]; he is publicly
reprimanded by order of the Supreme Inquisition and acquitted, [92]; his Spanish version of the Song of Solomon is
confiscated, [92]; he asks for an official certificate of acquittal and
for arrears of salary as regards his chair, [92];
his applications are granted but their fulfilment delayed, [92]; his return to Salamanca, [145]; he meets the Claustro of the University, [146]; renounces all claim to his Chair so long as it
is occupied by Castillo, [146]; creation of a
provisional new chair for him by the Claustro, [147]; he lectures in
his new chair January 29, 1577, [147]; his famous
alleged phrase Dicebamus hesterna die, [147]-150;
difficulties about his lecture-hours, [151]; he
presents himself as a candidate for the Chair of Moral Philosophy, [152]; is strenuously opposed by Zumel, [152]; defeats Zumel by a majority of seventy-nine
votes, [153]; takes the degree of M.A., [153]; is appointed member of the committee for the
reform of the calendar, [153]; his contest with Domingo de Guzman for
the Biblical chair at Salamanca, vacant by the death of Gregorio
Gallo, [154]-155; he defeats Guzman by thirty-six
votes, [157]; appeal lodged by Guzman against
irregularity in voting, [157]; judgement given in
favour of Luis de Leon, [157]; he reads himself
into the chair at Salamanca, December 7, 1579, [158]; publishes a Latin commentary on the Song of
Solomon, [158]; chivalrously supports Montemayor
against Domingo de Guzman at a theological meeting in Salamanca, [160]-161; through this action he is involved in a
quarrel with Domingo Bañez, [161]; the case comes before the
Valladolid Inquisition, [162]; he presents himself
voluntarily before the Inquisitionary tribunal at Salamanca on March
8, [163]; appears again before it on March 31, and
offers to apologize if he has exceeded in his defence of Montemayor,
[163]; his lecture on predestination (1571) is
brought before the tribunal by Zumel, [164]; his
enemies, Zumel, Guzman, and Bañez, [164]; he
receives a severely reproachful letter from Villavicencio, [165]; is summoned to Toledo and privately reprimanded
by Quiroga, [167]; publishes Los Nombres de
Cristo and La perfecta casada, [168]; is
appointed to settle the suit between the University of Salamanca and the
Colegios Mayores, [168]; progress of the suit and
conduct of the Claustro, [168]-173; he refuses
the invitation of Sixtus V and Philip II to join the committee for the
revision of the Vulgate, [173]; is appointed by the
papal nuncio to inquire into the administration of funds by the
Provincial of the Augustinians in Castile, [173];
begins the publication of his edition of Saint Theresa's works, [174]; upholds Madre Ana de Jesus's reforms, [174]; is appointed by the Pope to execute them, [175]; is opposed by Doria and Philip II, [175]-176; his weakening health and the continuous
opposition of his enemies, [178]-179; he is reported to be suffering
from tumour, [180]; his lingering illness, [181]; he is elected Provincial of the Augustinians in
Castile, August 14, 1591, [181]; his death, August
23, 1591, [181]; his character by Pacheco, [181]-183; his prose works, [202]-210; his poems, [210]-221;
his versification, [221]-229; his character, [230]-232. |