Diego de Simancas, lawyer, cleric and claimant in his 16th century

Abstract

Diego de Simancas (1513-1583), was a Professor in Valladolid, magistrate in its Chancery, inquisitor, bishop and autor of a essentially legal work, in which his Catholic institutions, of inquisitorial theme, stands out. He also wrote a curious autobiography in which, after some considerations about his own vocation, he reviews those and other professional achievements of his career, whose trajectory corresponds or can be identified with certain archetype of typical jurist of the High Modern Age, one that, formed in some Major University College, combines an ecclesiastical ministry with the performance of high positions in civil public life: the university chair and the canonicate, the court of justice and the dignity archdiaconal coadjutor, the Royal Council and the diocesan staff…