Renaissance: Spain
Last Updated  12/23/2007     12/17/2007

The Renaissance influenced Spain from the early 1400s and early 1500s.
Cardinal Jimenez, a supporter of the monarchy,  believed in learning.
He founded universities.
He welcomed students from other countries.
He supported a new translation of the Bible.
This three-column translation was in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.
1555, Philip II becomes king of Spain.
He did not trust mthe scholars.
Many were charged with heresy by the Inquisition.
Some were burned at the stake.
Philip had a palace, El Escorial, built.
The granaite palace was a royal court, art gallery, monastary, church, and tomb.
The city of Toledo became a center for painters and poets.

El Greco
El Greco was a Greek painter.
He painted people with long bodies in the Byzantine style.
The theater was popular in Renaissance Spain.

Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes was a noted author.
He wrote plays and short stories.
His novel, Don Quixote, is still read today.

Bibliography
Greenblatt, Miriam, and Lemmo, Peter. Human Heritage A World History. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill, 2001.