Centred on a dozen texts in Spanish or Latin composed by Spaniards - both laymen and clergy - in the Spanish Netherlands as well as Spain, this study follows the debate during Philip II's reign concerning the principles, purposes and values - both secular and religious - relevant to rulers and to society at large. Part I examines three treatises produced in the Spanish Netherlands in the 1550s; Parts II and III respectively study works from the Kingdoms of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in the 1570s and 1580s; Part IV considers three Jesuit treatises of the 1590s. The resultant picture will interest those concerned with the intellectual, religious, social and political values of Philip II's Spain, whether as considered within its own boundaries or in the larger intellectual context of Western Europe.
Author(s): Ronald W. Truman
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 95
Publisher: Brill
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 424
City: Leiden
Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations ix
PART ONE
Chapter One: Introduction 3
Chapter Two: The 'Mirror of Princes' Tradition 12
PART TWO
Spanish Writers in the Spanish Netherlands in the 1550s: Introduction 35
Chapter Three: Sebastián Fox Morcillo 39
Chapter Four: Felipe de la Torre 69
Chapter Five: Fadrique Furió Ceriol 89
PART THREE
On 'Regidores' and 'Corregidores': Introduction 117
Chapter Six: Joan Costa 123
Chapter Seven: Juan de Castilla y de Aguayo 149
Chapter Eight: Jerónimo Castillo de Bobadilla 164
PART FOUR
Writers in the Crown of Aragon: Introduction 185
Chapter Nine: Tomás Cerdán de Tallada 189
Chapter Ten: Jerónimo Merola 200
Chapter Eleven: Marco Antonio de Camós y Requeséns 221
PART FIVE
Jesuit Writers: Introduction 253
Chapter Twelve: Juan de Torres 259
Chapter Thirteen: Pedro de Ribadeneyra 277
Chapter Fourteen: Juan de Mariana 315
Chapter Fifteen: Conclusion 361
Bibliography 385
Index of Names and Primary Works 400
Modern Studies and Editions cited 407
Index of Subjects 410
