Londonderry, Marquis of, see Stewart.—Lorenzana, Cardinal, Collectio Sanctorum Patrum ecclesiæ Toledanæ, Madrid, 1782-1793.—Louville, C. A. d’A., Mémoires secrets sur l’établissement de la maison de Bourbon en Espagne, 1818.—Lowell, J. R., Impressions of Spain.—Lucas Tudensis, Chronicon Mundi, in Schott’s Hispaniæ Illustratæ, Frankfort, 1608.
Lucas de Tuy, or Lucas Tudensis, was a Spanish prelate who died in 1288. His Chronicon, which was finished in 1236, was written by command of the great queen Berengaria. It consists of four books: the first contains the Six Ages of the World of St. Isidore, with additions; the second, Isidore’s treatise on the origin of the Goths, Spaniards, and Suevi; the third, the spurious chronicle of San Ildefonso and St. Julian’s history. The fourth extends from the time of Pelayo to the conquest of Cordova. When the work was translated into Spanish, in the end of the thirteenth or beginning of the fourteenth century, a continuation extending to 1252 was added.
Luna, M. de, La verdadera historia del rey Don Rodrigo, Valencia, 1606.
Miguel de Luna was a Morisco who embraced Catholicism and became interpreter to Philip II. His history purports to be a translation from an Arab chronicler of the eighth century, but was really based on old romances and has no authoritative value.
MacCrie, T., History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Spain in the Sixteenth Century, 1829.—Mahon, Lord, see Stanhope, P. H.—Maistre, J. de, Lettres à un gentilhomme Russe sur l’inquisition espagnole, 1837.—Maldonado, J. M., Historia de la revolución de España, Madrid, 1833, 2 vols.—Malo de Molina, M., Rodrigo el Campeador, Estudio histórico, Madrid, 1857.—Malvezzi, V., Sucesos principals de la monarquía de España en el tiempo de Felipe IV, Madrid, 1640.—Mariana, Juan de, Historia general de España, Valencia, 1783-1796, 9 vols.; in Biblioteca de autores españoles, Madrid, 1854, published in various later editions; English translation by J. S. Stephens, London, 1699.
Juan de Mariana, one of the most famous of Spanish historians, was born near Talavera in 1536, and in 1554 became a member of the Society of Jesus. Two years later he went to Rome, where he filled a chair in the Jesuit college. After visiting Sicily and lecturing on theology at Paris during five years, he returned to Spain in 1574 and devoted himself to his Historia de España, which was first written in Latin and then translated by himself into the Castilian tongue. The variety of his talents and acquirements is exhibited in his writings on philosophy, politics, finance, and religion, and in the last mentioned the freedom of his opinions exposed him to some suspicion from his order, and he was even brought before the inquisition. His history has enjoyed immense popularity and is still much admired, though it is acknowledged that he often confuses fact and fable.
Marineo, Lucio, Obra de las cosas memorables de España, Alcalá, 1533.—Marliani, M. de, Histoire politique de l’Espagne moderne, Paris, 1840, 2 vols.—Marmol Carvajal, L. del, Historia del rebelión y castigo de los Moriscos del reyno de Granada, Madrid, 1600, and in Biblioteca de autores Españoles.
Luis del Marmol Carvajal was a native of Granada who flourished in the sixteenth century. In 1535 he accompanied Charles V to Tunis. He was captured by the Moors, and both during and after his captivity made long journeys and voyages in and about Barbary and Egypt. His Historia del rebelión is the narrative of an eye-witness, and the language is pure though the style suffers from the too great length of the sentences.
Martínez de la Rosa, F., Hernan Perez del Pulgar, Madrid, 1834.—Martínez Marina, F., Teoria de las Cortes de Leon y Castilla, Madrid, 1821, 3 vols.; Ensayo histórico-crítico sobre la antigua legislación y principales cuerpos legales de los reynos de Leon y Castilla, Madrid, 1834, 2 vols.—Masdeu, J. F., Historia crítica de España, Madrid, 1783-1805, 20 vols.
Juan Francisco Masdeu, a celebrated Spanish historian, was born in 1744 and died in 1817. Educated under the care of the Jesuits, he entered their order in 1759, and on their expulsion from Spain retired to Ferrara. His Historia was commenced in 1781. It extends only down to the end of the eleventh century. It is a work of much learning and destroys many fables previously current, though in many instances the author carries his scepticism too far.