Jimenez de Cisneros:

On the Threshold of

Spain's Golden Age

Medieval and Renaissance

Texts and Studies

Volume 212

Renaissance Masters 3

Richard J. Schoeck

General Editor

Jimenez de Cisneros:

On the Threshold ofSpain's Golden Age

by

Erika Rummel

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tempe, Arizona

1999

A generous grant fromThe Program for Cultural Cooperation Between

Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States' Universities

has assisted in meeting the publication costs of this 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)1. Jimanez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436.^-1517. 2. SpainHistory

Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516. 3. StatesmenSpainBiography. 4. Car-

dinalsSpainBiography. I. Title, n. Medieval & Renaissance Texts &Studies (Series) ; v. 212. HI. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies(Series). Renaissance masters ; 3.

DP166.X5 R86 1999

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This book is made to last.

It is set in Garamond,

smythe-sewn, and printed on acid-free paper

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Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter OneSpain in the Time of Cisneros 1

Chapter TwoCisneros' 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 53Chapter Five

Cisneros and the Politics of Spain, 1492-1516 66

Chapter Six

The Second Regency, 1516-1517 79Chapter Seven

The Final Months 95Chapter Eight

The Image of the Cardinal 108

Literature Cited 119

Appendix 1

The Constitution of San Ildefonso College 125Appendix 2

An Anonymous Life of Cardinal Cisneros 137

Index 145

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