ECONOMICS

Various late-scholastic views on inflationary monetary policy, the benefits of free markets, laws against usury, theories of value, foreign exchange rates, oligopolies, the nature of money, liquidity value, etc. We include here aspects of the debate in 1541-44 between Villalón and Saravia over usury. Also, a look at some of the era’s complex financial instruments.

MARIANA

This pinnacle figure provides synthesis on multiple issues. He also carries on a dramatic and very personal political struggle against the combined forces of Philip III, the Duke of Lerma, and the Inquisition. His intellectual heirs include Cromwell, Locke, and Jefferson.

VITORIA

The founder provides early instances of the school’s modern thinking on politics, natural law, international law, human rights, and economics.

POLITICS

A review of late-scholastic thinking on such topics as regicide, popular sovereignty, local legal codes (fueros), parliamentary bodies, taxes, jurisdictional conflicts, constitutionalism, and liberalization of religious matters.

HUMAN RIGHTS

The human rights debate at Valladolid in 1550-51 between Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. Francisco Marroquín, a progressive man of his times, an example of the extent of Salamanca’s influence. Finally, review of various opinions by Salamancans on things like the Inquisition, the Expulsion of the Morisco population, and slavery.

Descripción del curso

La Escuela de Salamanca hace referencia al amplio grupo de intelectuales de los siglos dieciséis y diecisiete de España, Portugal
y Latinoamérica. El curso en línea consiste de cinco capítulos: una introducción en homenaje a su fundador Francisco de Vitoria;
un capítulo sobre cada una de las contribuciones de la Escuela de Salamanca en derechos humanos, política y economía; y una conclusión en homenaje al trabajo de Juan de Mariana. Aprende sobre los orígenes del liberalismo hispanoamericano, así como
su influencia en la civilización occidental moderna. Gana las cinco insignias al completar las actividades del curso.