La vida intelectual en los monasterios cistercienses navarros. La escuela de gramática y biblioteca del monasterio de Iranzu en el s. XVI

Abstract

The discovery and analysis of the inventory of the library of the cisterciense monastery of Iranzu by the end of s. XVI, gives foot to the study of the school of grammar of this monastery in the humanistic stage, as well as to a diagnose of the intellectual level of the Navarrese cistercienses monasteries at the moments at which Felipe II tries to put them under the authority of Castile. It is deduced that the arguments used by the informers of the king on the intellectual deficiencies of its abbots, are an excuse to justify the true regal interests, that were not but those to remove to these centers of the obedience of the house French mother, from fear of the heretical influences that could arrive at the heat of a country that was living a religion war process. Finally the philippine plans will leave ahead using like blunt weapon the Right Patronage, although in s. XVII the Navarrese ciscercienses monasteries will be able to narrow a union of themselves hierarchically with the province of Aragón and not of Castile.