Renaissance Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Spain=== {{main|Spanish Renaissance}} {{see also|Spanish Renaissance architecture}} [[File:Vista aerea del Monasterio de El Escorial.jpg|thumb|right|The [[El Escorial|Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial]], by [[Juan de Herrera]] and [[Juan Bautista de Toledo]]]] The Renaissance arrived in the Iberian peninsula through the Mediterranean possessions of the [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese Crown]] and the city of [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]]. Many early Spanish Renaissance writers come from the [[Crown of Aragon]], including [[Ausiàs March]] and [[Joanot Martorell]]. In the [[Crown of Castile]], the early Renaissance was heavily influenced by the Italian humanism, starting with writers and poets such as [[Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana|the Marquis of Santillana]], who introduced the new Italian poetry to Spain in the early 15th century. Other writers, such as [[Jorge Manrique]], [[Fernando de Rojas]], [[Juan del Encina]], [[Juan Boscán Almogáver]], and [[Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)|Garcilaso de la Vega]], kept a close resemblance to the Italian canon. [[Miguel de Cervantes]]'s [[masterpiece]] ''[[Don Quixote]]'' is credited as the first Western novel. Renaissance humanism flourished in the early 16th century, with influential writers such as philosopher [[Juan Luis Vives]], grammarian [[Antonio de Nebrija]] and natural historian [[Pedro Mexía|Pedro de Mexía]]. Later Spanish Renaissance tended toward religious themes and mysticism, with poets such as [[Luis de León]], [[Teresa of Ávila]], and [[John of the Cross]], and treated issues related to the exploration of the [[New World]], with chroniclers and writers such as [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]] and [[Bartolomé de las Casas]], giving rise to a body of work, now known as [[Spanish Renaissance literature]]. The late Renaissance in Spain produced artists such as [[El Greco]] and composers such as [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]] and [[Antonio de Cabezón]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page