Formes et tendances de l'opposition sous Olivares : Lisón y Viedma, defensor de la patria

introduction to the question In 1606, Bernardo José de Aldrete, 1 Spanish cleric and humanist antiquarian, published the first history of the Spanish language, On the origin and beginnings of the Castilian language or Romance, which is used in Spain today. 2 Aldrete argued that Castilian-also known at the time as Romance and now commonly known as Spanish-had been derived from Latin over centuries of use, with the Visigoths playing a key role in creating the linguistic change. 3 Classical origins and kinship to "The Ancients" were by Aldrete's time commonplace claims with which Renaissance humanists elevated their own societies (Maravall 1966:502-503). 4 Moreover, over one hundred years earlier humanist grammarians such as the eminent Antonio de Nebrija had taken it for granted that Spanish was descended from Latin. Yet in his prologue, Aldrete claimed his was a "work, without doubt full of difficulty and exposed to great danger." Although this assertion may have conformed to generic convention, it proved prophetic. Aldrete had cause to complain repeatedly in the following years about the suffering the book brought him, and to regret that he had ever published it or his other book on the topic: "I only wish that neither the first nor

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Review essay crown and Cortes in early‐modern Spain

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1992

Parliaments, Estates and Representation

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Formes et tendances de l'opposition sous Olivares : Lisón y Viedma, defensor de la patria

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