Jeronimo Zurita
Jerónimo de Zurita y Castro (born December 4, 1512 in Saragossa , † November 3, 1580 ibid) was a Spanish historian .
Zurita came from a noble family in Aragon and studied rhetoric , Latin and Greek at the University of Alcalá , as well as Italian , French , Portuguese and Catalan . In 1530 he joined the Spanish Crown as magistrate. In 1537 he was appointed secretary of the Inquisition and in 1548 as the king's official chronicler. On January 21, 1571 he resigned all mandates and dealt with the constitution of his "Annals of the Crown of Aragon" (1562-80), the last part of which he published on April 22, 1580. Zurita was a tireless researcher who collected records both in Spain and in the Spanish possessions in Italy and helped enrich the National Historical Archives founded in Simancas in 1567 . Zurita is considered the first Spanish historian.
literature
- The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 978
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zurita, Jeronimo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zurita y Castro, Jerónimo de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1512 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaragoza |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1580 |
| Place of death | Zaragoza |