«Que de ambos oficios era Dios servido». El origen de la dualidad litúrgica toledana en la historiografía renacentista

Abstract

The abolition of the Hispanic rite sanctioned by King Alfonso VI at the end of 11th century had a special application in Toledo, which gave rise to an exceptional liturgical duality. In this article the arguments put forward by five notable Renaissance Toledan intellectuals are analysed in order to justify the continuation of the Old Spanish rite together with the Roman rite, with regard to their reading of the historiographic tradition, the value of their interpretations and the narrative purpose. This study gives us an understanding of to what extent there is a specific intention of legitimizing the origin of this acceptance when the rite had just been restored by Cardinal Cisneros and enjoyed a great veneration in the humanist and ecclesiastical groups within Toledo throughout 16th century.