The intervention of Pope Leo XIV before the Congress of Deputies of Spain on June 8, 2026 represents a historical event of extraordinary institutional relevance. It was the first occasion on which a pontiff addressed the representatives of Spanish national sovereignty from the parliamentary tribune. Leo XIV articulated a…
The School of Salamanca represents one of the most influential intellectual movements in the history of Western thought. During the 16th and 17th centuries, an extraordinary network of theologians, jurists and philosophers developed from the University of Salamanca – and from other institutions such as Alcalá and Coimbra – fundamental ideas that laid the foundations of the economy…
Explores the natural lawism of the Salamanca School: its principles, key authors and the validity of its contributions in law, economics and contemporary ethics.
Explores how the Salamanca School developed ideas about sovereignty, power and legitimacy before Locke, and its influence on contemporary debates about rights, democracy and international law.
16th century lesson on inflation caused by American gold and silver. How the Salamanca School explained the phenomenon and what it teaches us for today.
Explores the intellectual relationship between Adam Smith and the Salamanca School: shared concepts of value, money, ethics, and natural law that influenced modern economic liberalism.
Members of the School of Salamanca c The members of the School of Salamanca classified by main discipline Author Birth – Death Main discipline Main contributions Francisco de Vitoria 1483–1546 Theology and Law Intellectual founder of the School of Salamanca; bases of International Law; indigenous rights; just war theory; sovereignty of…
Explores the intellectual relationship between Adam Smith and the Salamanca School: shared concepts of value, money, ethics, and natural law that influenced modern economic liberalism.
Members of the School of Salamanca c The members of the School of Salamanca classified by main discipline Author Birth – Death Main discipline Main contributions Francisco de Vitoria 1483–1546 Theology and Law Intellectual founder of the School of Salamanca; bases of International Law; indigenous rights; just war theory; sovereignty of…
Explores how the law of nations of the Salamanca School articulated principles that nourish international law, sovereignty, human rights and humanitarian law today.
When we talk about economic freedom, limits on political power or inflation caused by currency manipulation, we usually think of very current debates. However, many of these ideas were already developed at the end of the 16th century by Juan de Mariana. A prominent member of the School of Salamanca, Mariana defended that the power of…
Francisco de Vitoria and the genesis of modern International Law: his criticism of the conquest, defense of indigenous dignity and contributions to the concept of the international legal community.
