The School of Salamanca: a case of global knowledge production

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	Half Title
	Series Information
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	Contents
	Preface
	Figures
	Notes on Contributors
	Chapter 1 The School of Salamanca: A Case of Global Knowledge Production
		1 Introduction
		2 Constructing the “School of Salamanca”
		3 Deconstructing the “School of Salamanca”
		4 System-Building and Daily Practice
		5 Ars Inveniendi
		6 The School as an Epistemic Community and a Community of Practice
		7 A Knowledge-Historical Perspective on the “School of Salamanca”
		8 The School of Salamanca as a Case of Global Knowledge Production
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2 Salamanca in the New World: University Regulation or Social Imperatives?
		1 Introduction
		2 Rise and Fall
		3 The University’s Past: From the First Apologetic Approaches to the New Critical Analysis
		4 Salamanca and the Indies
		5 Dictate Laws: Apply Laws?
		6 Beyond the Rules: Readers, Graduates, and Readings
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3 Observance against Ambition: The Struggle for the Chancellor’s Office at the Real Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala (1686–1696)
		1 Introduction
		2 The Controversial Hold
		3 New Foundations for New Establishments
		4 The Fight over the Chancellorship: Face-Off
		5 The Fight over the Chancellorship: Showdown
		6 The Fight over the Chancellorship: Attrition
		7 The Fight over the Chancellorship: Outcomes
		8 Afterword
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	Chapter 4 The Influence of Salamanca in the Iberian Peninsula: The Case of the Faculties of Theology of Coimbra and Évora
		1 Introduction
		2 Spain in Portugal: Men and Manuscripts
		3 The Curricula Studiorum
		4 The Output of Coimbra and Évora
		5 Conclusion (with a Sample of Salamanca’s Doctrinal Influence)
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5 From Fray Alonso de la Vera Cruz to Fray Martín de Rada: The School of Salamanca in Asia
		1 Some Biographical Notes on One of Vitoria´s American Disciples: The Intellectual Formation of Alonso de la Vera Cruz at Salamanca
		2 The First Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Centres in Michoacán
		3 The Common Interests of Mexican Augustinians Trained at Salamanca: Vera Cruz and Rada on Astronomy, Cosmography, Architecture, and Buying Books
		4 The Writings of Alonso de la Vera Cruz and Martín de Rada: Juridical-Political Relectiones and Pareceres, Letters to Authorities, Travel Accounts, Logic, Natural Philosophy
		5 Sharing the Critical Perspective on the Conquest with Their Salamanca Masters
		6 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6 Creating Authority and Promoting Normative Behaviour: Confession, Restitution, and Moral Theology in the Synod of Manila (1582–1586)
		1 Introduction
		2 The Practical Problems of Establishing Social Norms in a New Society
		3 Justifying the Conquest of the New World
		4 Creating Moral Authority: The Debate over the Just Title to the Philippines
		5 Restitution in solidum
		6 Policing Royal Officials: The Binding of Positive Law to the Internal Forum
		7 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7 “Sepamos, Señores, en que ley vivimos y si emos de tener por nuestra regla al Consejo de Indias”: Salamanca in the Philippine Islands
		1 Introduction
		2 Domingo de Salazar: The Trajectory of a Disciple of Vitoria
		3 Salazar’s Report to the Third Provincial Council of Mexico and Other Reports by the Same Author
		4 The Third Provincial Council of Mexico: A Community of Ideas and Values
		5 Royal Patronage in Salazar’s Report to the Third Provincial Council of Mexico
		6 Concluding Remarks. Beyond the Alma Mater: An Active Group of “Salamantine” Churchmen Involved in the Evangelisation and Politics of the Indies
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8 “Mirando las cosas de cerca”: Indigenous Marriage in the Philippines in the Light of Law and Legal Opinions (17th–18th Centuries)
		1 Introduction
		2 The University of Santo Tomas de Manila: Foundation and Character
		3 The University as the Source of Opinions on Legal and Moral Cases
		4 Juan de Paz (1622–1698) and His Consultas
		5 “Mirando las cosas de cerca”
		6 Translating Custom
		7 When Custom Was Inadmissible
		8 Francisco Martínez’s Opinion
		9 Lawful Marriage for the Salvation of Souls
		10 Concluding Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9 The Influence of the School of Salamanca in Alonso de la Vera Cruz’s De dominio infidelium et iusto bello: First relectio in America
		1 Introduction
		2 Beyond Vitoria: “El Tostado” (1410–1455), Martínez Silíceo (1477–1557), and Other Salamanca Masters behind the Writings of Alonso de la Vera Cruz
		3 De Indis and De dominio infidelium Confronted: Similar Methods and Questions, Different Authorities and Answers
		4 “Localising” Vitoria: The Emergence of the Facts and the Inapplicability of Vitoria’s Secular Titles for Just War
		Bibliography
	Chapter 10 Producing Normative Knowledge between Salamanca and Michoacán: Alonso de la Vera Cruz and the Bumpy Road of Marriage
		1 Introduction
		2 “Viviendo así empapelada su memoria”: Vera Cruz’s Books and Marginalia, “Point Zero” of a Process of Global Knowledge Production
		3 The Salamanca Masters in the Speculum Coniugiorum: Vitoria “by Ear”; the Overwhelming Presence of Soto, Covarrubias, and Azpilcueta; the Decisive Authority of El Tostado
		4 Building Bridges between Europe and the Indies: Native American Matrimonial Customs Studied against the Backdrop of the Christian Schism
		5 From Opinions to Norms: Vera Cruz’s Fight for the Transformation of His Doctrines into Pontifical Bulls and Reales Cédulas
		Acknowledgements
		Bibliography
	Chapter 11 Legal Education at the University of Córdoba (1767–1821): From the Colony to the Homeland: A Reinterpretation of the Salamanca Tradition from a New Context
		1 Introduction. University, Theology, and Law: A Reinterpretation of the Salmantine Legal Tradition
		2 The Jesuit University (1613–1767): Political Pactism, Moral Probabilism, and Canon Law. The University Library
		3 After the Expulsion (1767–1807): Correction of Doctrines and Expurgation of the Library – the Constitutions of 1784: Did the University Move away from Salamanca?
		4 The Times of Dean Funes (1808–1821) – Melchor Cano’s Book – Derecho Patrio, Natural Law, and Law of Nations – The Defensive Closure of Dogmatic Theology
		5 Retreat to Religion: New Justifications with Old Materials (A Reinterpretation of the Salmantine Tradition)
		Bibliography
	Index