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Diego Torres Villarroel (Salamanca, 1693 - id., 1770) Spanish writer and poet whose work developed the autobiographical genre as a novelistic form. His life: Son of a bookseller, he studied Latin grammar with the humanist Don Juan González de Dios. Around the age of...

Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627) was one of the most prominent poets and playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age, known for his complex and erudite style that would later be called "gongorismo" or "culteranismo". Born in Córdoba, Spain, Góngora is considered a...

Lucía de Medrano was a Spanish intellectual of the Renaissance, notable for being one of the first women in Europe to teach at a university. She was born in Salamanca, Spain, in the year 1465. Medrano stood out at a time when access to education and academic roles was...

Francisco Salinas (1513-1590) was a prominent musician and music theorist of the Spanish Renaissance. Born in Burgos, Salinas was noted both for his skill as an organist and for his significant contributions to the study and theory of music during his time. Despite...

Fray Luis de León was a Spanish poet, theologian and mystic of the Renaissance, considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature of the Golden Age. Born in 1527 in Belmonte, in the province of Cuenca, and died in 1591 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres,...

Francisco de Vitoria was a 16th century Spanish theologian and jurist, considered one of the founders of modern international law and a central figure of the School of Salamanca. He was born in Burgos, Spain, around 1483 and died in Salamanca in 1546. Initially...

Beatriz Galindo, also known as Beatriz Galindo "La Latina," was a notable Spanish humanist, educator, and writer. She lived during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, born around 1465 and passing away in 1534. Galindo was one of the most renowned intellectuals of...

Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author best known for his work "La Celestina," also known as "Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea" or simply "Celestina." This work is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Spanish literature and a significant precursor to the...

Antonio de Nebrija, also known as Antonio de Lebrija or Elio Antonio de Nebrija, was a Spanish Renaissance scholar, humanist, and educator. He was born as Antonio Martínez de Cala y Jarava in Lebrija, Spain, around 1441, and he died in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, on...

Abraham Zacuto (also spelled as Zacut or Zacutus) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, mathematician, rabbi, and historian. He was born around 1452 in Salamanca, Spain, and died around 1515 in Jerusalem. Zacuto made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy,...