The Inquisition in the time of Fray Luis de León. The Trial against Bachelor Juan Escribano, Professor of Greek at the Trilingual College of the University of Salamanca (1575-1576)

Abstract

Inquisition trial against bachelor Juan Escribano, regent of Greek at the Trilingual College of the University of Salamanca, should be contextualized within the intolerant atmosphere that enveloped the second half of the sixteenth century, where the Inquisition persecuted anyone who might show heterodox thoughts or behaviors. Doctrinal and personal matters appear linked, so the accusation before the Inquisition hid, many times, hostility and vendettas that had little to do with questioning the doctrine. The case of Escribano was one of a long list of intellectuals tried by the Inquisition, just as it has happened to Fray Luis de León, Martínez de Cantalapiedra and Gaspar de Grajal, whose circle the hellenist would have belonged.