Note 35 — Chapter XX

Juan de Mariana (1536–1624) was one of the most noted writers among the Spanish Jesuits. The work here referred to is that which he published originally in Latin, Historiæ de rebus Hispaniæ libri XXV (Toleti, 1592), which carried the history of the Spanish monarchy down to 1516. His own Spanish version of this work, enlarged and corrected, appeared at Toledo, 1601. Other writers continued this history to 1649 and 1669; and the last of these was extended to 1678 by Felix Lucio de Espinosa y Malo (Madrid, 1678). This work has had many editions, translations, and criticisms—for which see Sommervogel’s Bibliothèque Comp. de Jesus. One of Mariana’s works, De rege et regis institutione (Toleti, 1599), was censured by the Parliament of Paris and publicly burned by the executioner in 1610; and the French court asked the Spanish government to suppress it, which request was refused.