Fw: Re: Descendants of Muhammad
Ford Mommaerts-Meulemans-Browne
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From: Frank Young <tip...@wam.umd.edu>
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Subject: Re: Descendants of Muhammad
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, T. Stanford Mommaerts-Meulemans-Browne wrote:
> From: "Gordon Banks" <g...@gordonbanks.com>
> > Along similar lines, I heard a lecture by Teofilo Ruiz of UCLA on Spain
> > in the 15th century, where he said King Fernando of Aragon had converso
> > ancestry
> There was a bishop, (I don't remember which), who wrote a libretto in the
No, rather a cardinal-archbishop, and no, not a libretto, since teh text
was not prepared for a musical setting ---
A libretto is a small book, though usually for an operatic work, not always so.
> late middle ages, early Renassance, called _La Tinza de la Nobilidad_, or,
> for non-Hispanophones[?], 'The Taint of the Nobility'.
No, that is NOT even close to the correct title of this famous work (see
below); and not in the "late middle ages, Early Renaissance," but rather
in the Late Renaissance.
> & Jewish ancestry of the noble families of Iberia, (and by unspoken
> extension, the royal families thereof).
No, not unspoken at all. Surely you should read the texts on which you
comment before venturing a public opinion.
Surely I did read it. Many years ago, and since I had to procure it through the good graces of inter-library loan, I no longer have it to hand in my personal library. While I made notes, I have moved to different cities twice since then, and countless times within the same city. I did not dig out my notes since I knew that if the question needed or wanted the information I could dig it out at that point. The work that cited the book in question did cite it as 'la tinza...'. That is how I procured same, but it certainly fits the description of what you have below.
The work in question, <El tizón de la nobleza española, ó, Maculas
y sambenitos de sus linajes> (1560, but not published in book form
until the nineteenth century) was written by Cardinal Francisco Sylvio de
Mendoza y Bobadilla, archibishop of Burgos, and the most important
churchman in Spain in his time. A full citation of the most recent
scholarly edition of the work appears below.
The future cardinal was born in Cuenca on September 25, 1508, the son
of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, marques de Canete and viceroy of Navarre.
Following his studies at Alcala and Salamanca, from which he received a
doctorate in theology and letters, he received a number of early
ecclesiastical appointments. Among these were canonries in Evora and
Coimbra, and, in the 1520's, archdeacon of Toledo. On February 14, 1533,
Clement VII, on the recommendation of Charles V (Carlos I), made him
bishop of Coria, in succession to Francisco de los Angeles Quinones, who
had resigned.
On December 19, 1544, as the second creation in his eighth consistory
for the promotion of cardinals, Mendoza was created and published a
cardinal-priest. Late in 1545, he made his formal entrance into Rome. The
ceremonies of the opening and closing of the mouth were performed for
him, and, on December 4, 1545, he was given the rank of cardinal-priest
of the title of Santa Maria in Araceli. On February 28, 1550, Julius III
transfered him to the title of San Giovanni a Porta Latina, but when that
was found to be unsuitable -- presumably because of the poor condition
of the church itself -- he was immediately transfered to the title of San
Eusebio, a title he retained until his death.
Shortly afterwards, on June 27, 1550, he was elevated to be archbishop of
Burgos when the incumbent in that see, Juan Alvarez y Alva de Toledo,
was made archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. He died on December
1, 1566.
In 1560, Mendoza became involved in a conflict regarding the <limpieza>
of his nephew, the conde de Chinchon. In response, he wrote <El tizón de
la nobleza española, ó, Maculas y sambenitos de sus linajes>, which he
presented to King Philip II. Mendoza also prepared a separate manuscript
of genealogical tables, <Pedaço y del libro de linages [que scribio el
Conde D. Fra[ncis]co de Mendoça y Bobadilla arçobispo de Burgos]> (see the
full citation of one surviving manuscript, below). In his work, Mendoza
showed that nearly all the aristocracy of Castille and Aragon had Jewish
or Moorish blood.
In his <A History of the Inquition of Spain> (see complete citation,
below, vol. II, bk. 4, chap. 4, p. 298), Henry Charles Lea wrote of the
question of <limpieza> and Mendoza's work:
"There were two sources of descent which caused impurity of blood--from an
ancestor of either of the proscribed races, or from one who had ever been
penanced by the Inquisition. As regards the former, the line was drawn at
the massacres of 1391 for Jews and at the enforced baptisms of the early
sixteenth century for Moors. Voluntary converts, prior to those periods,
were accepted as Old Christians, the subsequent ones were considered as
unwilling converts and were regarded as New Christians, together with
their descendants, no matter how zealously they had embraced the Christian
faith. The prevalence of intermarriage with Conversos throughout the
fifteenth century had led to infinite ramifications throughout the land in
the course of generations and, about 1560, Cardinal Mendoza y Bobadilla,
apparently moved by some discussion on limpieza, drew up and presented to
Philip II a memorial in which he showed that virtually the whole nobility
of Castile and Aragon had a strain of Jewish blood."
At the present time, the best scholarly edition is:
El tizón de la nobleza de España /
Francisco de Mendoza; Armando M Escobar Olmedo; Fredo Arias de la
Canal
1999
Spanish Book xlix, 235 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
México, D.F. : Frente de Afirmación Hispanista,
Title: El tizón de la nobleza de España /
Author(s): Mendoza, Francisco de, d. 1566. ; Escobar Olmedo, Armando M.
; (Armando Mauricio).; Arias de la Canal, Fredo.
Publication: México, D.F. : Frente de Afirmación Hispanista,
Year: 1999
Description: xlix, 235 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Standard No: LCCN: 00-346926
Note(s): Originally published as: El tizón de la nobelza española, ó, M
culas y sambenitos de sus linajes./ Includes bibliographical references
(p. 176-185) and index.
Class Descriptors: LC: CR4071
Other Titles: Tizón de la nobleza española
Responsibility: por el Cardenal Francisco de Mendoza y Bovadilla ;
introducción, versión paleográfica y notas, Armando Mauricio Escobar
Olmedo ; prólogo, Fredo Arias de la Canal.
Accession No: OCLC: 42305131
The cardinal's additional genealogical materials are found in:
Pedaço y del libro de linages que scribio el Conde D. Fra[ncis]co de
Mendoça y Bobadilla arçobispo de Burgos :
[Spain] : ms.,
Francisco de Mendoza
1550-1599?
Spanish Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript 1 v. ([16], 90 leaves (the
last 2 leaves blank)) : paper ; 32 x 22 cm.
A book of lineage which lists titles of nobles and other significant
persons, with occasional historical references. Among those listed
include: the Dukes of Nájera; Acuñas, señores de Valencia, dukes and
counts; Dukes of Alva; Velascos, counts of Haro; Marquises of Vélez; Count
of Fuensalida; Count of Cifuentes; Count of Orgaz; count of Chinchón;
Marquis of Cañete; Count of Oropesa; Count of Puño en Rostro; Count of
Medellín; Admiral of Castilla; Duke of Maqueda; Marquis of Tarifa, Count
of Hureña; Duke of Medinaceli; Duke of Medina Sidonia, Duke of Arcos;
Duke of Alburquerque; Marquis of Villena; señores of Pacheco.
Title: Pedaço y del libro de linages que scribio el Conde D. Fra[ncis]co
de
Mendoça y Bobadilla arçobispo de Burgos :
[Spain] : ms., [between 1550 and 1599?].
Author(s): Mendoza, Francisco de, d. 1566.
Publication: Spain
Year: 1550-1599?
Description: 1 v. ([16], 90 leaves (the last 2 leaves blank)) : paper ; 32
x 22
cm.
Language: Spanish
Abstract: A book of lineage which lists titles of nobles and other
significant persons, with occasional historical references. Among those
listed include: the Dukes of Nájera; Acuñas, señores de Valencia, dukes
and counts; Dukes of Alva; Velascos, counts of Haro; Marquises of Vélez;
Count of Fuensalida; Count of Cifuentes; Count of Orgaz; count of
Chinchón; Marquis of Cañete; Count of Oropesa; Count of Puño en Rostro;
Count of Medellín; Admiral of Castilla; Duke of Maqueda; Marquis of
Tarifa, Count of Hureña; Duke of Medinaceli; Duke of Medina Sidonia,
Duke of Arcos; Duke of Alburquerque; Marquis of Villena; señores of
Pacheco.
References: Cortijo Ocaña, A. Fernán Núñez,; 8
Note(s): Various hands, in black ink. Text on both sides of leaves.
Numerous marginalia and later additions, including an incomplete
"Indice" on the 16 prelim. leaves./ Bound in full 19th c. tree calf, spine
gilt; red morocco spine label: Mendoza y Bobadilla Pedazo del libro de
linages./ Watermark: ovoid figure with cross in the middle, with letters A
and T below./ Part of: Fernán Núñez collection./ Original shelfmark: C29-
c5.
Other Titles: Fernán Núñez collection.
Material Type: Manuscript text (mtx)
Holding: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Accession No: OCLC: 52139384
The full citation of Lea's still-valuable history is:
A history of the Inquisition of Spain,
Henry Charles Lea
1906-1907
English Book 4 v. 24 cm.
New York, London, The Macmillan company; Macmillan & co., ltd.,
Title: A history of the Inquisition of Spain,
Author(s): Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909.
Publication: New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,
ltd.,
Year: 1906-1907
Description: 4 v. 24 cm.
Standard No: LCCN: 06-2996
Class Descriptors: LC: BX1735; Dewey: 272.2
Responsibility: by Henry Charles Lea ...
Accession No: OCLC: 1485109
Regards, Frank Young
tip...@wam.umd.edu 703-527-7684
Post Office Box 2793, Kensington, Maryland 20891
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Thank you for the additional information. Most illuminating. More requests for inter-library loan.
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