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On founding a university in Quito

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:58 +0000

The presence of the Hispanic Monarchy in America resulted in the dissemination of the identity of the conquerors, their language, developing an intense process of evangelisation, hispanisation and acculturation. In this context, the first universities were created in the mid-16th century, such as those of Mexico (1551) and Lima (1555). The process continued throughout the following decades with other foundations in other places, such as Quito.

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Royal Provision authorising the foundation of a Study and University in Mexico

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

The presence of the Hispanic Monarchy in America resulted in the spread of the identity of the conquerors, their language, developing an intense process of evangelisation, hispanisation and acculturation. In this context, the first universities were created in the mid-16th century, such as those of Mexico (1551) and Lima (1555).

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Establishment of a Literary University in Mexico

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

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Universities where the future bishops presented by Philip II have studied

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:20 +0000

As we move into the modern age, both the monarchy and the church rely on qualified personnel to staff their administrations. The training of bishops was no exception. Bishops went from having a military and political profile to an academic one, as they were now recruited from the university environment, where they were required to have a legal and bureaucratic background. The importance of the Castilian universities in the recruitment of these bishops, specifically those of Salamanca and Alcalá, was due to the fact that the monarch controlled them better and gave priority to the profile of the bishop they provided. King Philip II gave priority to a certain type of training and advocated that all his bishops should be educated in the same way. This coincided with a time when the monarch forbade study abroad due to the turbulent European context (there were exceptions), giving priority to training in Spain. This reform of the profile of bishops also responded to other needs, such as the existence of the Lutheran reform and the need to have a well-trained ecclesiastical staff with literary skills and the ability to generate more sophisticated discourses.

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Cardinal Cisneros, Church and State policy

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:35 +0000

Radio documentary that deals with the figure of Cardinal Cisneros as a man of the Church and of the State at a key time in the history of Spain, the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. Between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, in the midst of a serious political, dynastic and religious crisis, he stood out for his reforms in the ecclesiastical sphere and for his intervention in political life. Confessor to Isabella the Catholic and, shortly afterwards, archbishop of the primate see of Toledo, his role was fundamental, especially at two important moments: first, at the death of Queen Isabella, and later, after the death of her son-in-law Philip the Handsome. At around the age of seventy, Cisneros took over the regency, from where he contributed to the defence of the monarchical institution. As a cultural patron, he was notable for the creation of a university in Alcalá de Henares and the publication of a Polyglot Bible to correct the translation errors that had accumulated over time. With a script by Modesta Cruz, Documentos RNE takes a closer look at the historical figure of Cardinal Cisneros with the testimony of professors Miguel Ángel Ladero and Antonio Alvar Ezquerra, professor José Luis Gonzalo Sánchez-Molero, and the director of the International Centre for Cisneros Historical Studies at the University of Alcalá, Dolores Cabañas. It also features the opinions of the Hispanist and Prince of Asturias laureate, Joseph Pérez

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