Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de, 1503-1575 (poet, diplomat and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1503 - 1575
Biography
Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503-1575), poet, diplomat and historian, was born in Grenada. After attending the University of Salamanca, he served Charles V in Italy and studied at Italian universities. He was made ambassador at Venice, where he collected Greek manuscripts, and represented Spain at the Council of Trent. Mendoza became military governor of Siena, and subsequently ambassador at Rome. After he was banished from the court of Philip II, he settled in Grenada, where he wrote a history of the Morisco uprising of 1568-1571. He died in Madrid in 1575.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza: Poems
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7941
Scope and Contents
A collection of poems bound with another manuscript. The poems are untitled, but are either known to be by Mendoza or have been attributed to him. There are twenty-two lines to each page. The second manuscript is Bernardino de Albornoz's 'La gaticida. Historia y cuento apacible', a mock heroic poem in 146 eight-line stanzas, describing the death, burial and honours paid to Juan Crespo's cat, Crispina. It is probably a transcript of a book printed in Paris by Nicolo Molinero in 1604, the only...
Dates:
1620 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza: Poetry and prose
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7815-7816
Dates:
1575 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library