Acknowledgements
I wish to thank Richard Kagan for his expert advice and extensive network of contacts, along with his kind willingness to help me mastermind the initial lineup of essays for this volume. A research grant from the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University allowed me to launch the project, and later provided a publication support grant to see it through to completion. The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University generously paid for the illustrations. My research assistants Helena Shakesby and Irvin Claudio compiled the index. On the personal level, Craig Kallendorf has always been my first and best interlocutor. This volume was originally his idea. A special thanks to Alban Forcione, who taught me the profound extent to which Spain participated in the currents of humanism characteristic of a larger European Renaissance.