See also:

• ALCALA (Moorish al Kala, the " Fortress " or " Castle ")

ALCALA DE HENARES  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, 17 M . E.N.E, of Madrid, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Henares, and the Madrid-See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa railway . Pop . (1900) 11,206 . See also:

• ALCALA (Moorish al Kala, the " Fortress " or " Castle ")

Alcala de Henares contains a military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy and various public institutions, but its commercial importance is slight and its See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• INTEREST

interest is See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical . The town has been identified with the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Complutum, which was destroyed about. the See also:

• YEAR

year woo, and was rebuilt by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors in ro83 . In later times it was renowned for its richly endowed university, founded by See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• JIMENES (or XIMENES) DE CISNEROS, FRANCISCO (1436-1517)

Jimenes de Cisneros in 1510, which at the height of its prosperity numbered 12,000 students, and was second only to that of See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca . Here the famous edition of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible known as the Complutensian Polyglot was prepared from 1514 to 1517 . The See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• SAN

San Ildefonso, completed in 1583, was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief university See also:

• BUILDING

building . Its modernized See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, the Colegiata, contains the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of Jimenes (d . 1517) and a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• REREDOS (Anglo-Fr. areredos, from arere, behind, and dos, back)

reredos . The greatest of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish writers, Cervantes, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Alcala de Henares, and baptized in the otherwise insignificant church of S .

Maria on the 9th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1547 . A tablet, set up in 184o, marks the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in which he is said to have been born . Other illustrious natives of the town were the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand I . (1503-1564) and the Spanish dramatist and historian See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio de See also:

• SOLIS, ANTONIO DE (1610-16S6)

Solis (1610-1686) . After the removal of the university to Madrid in 1836 the town rapidly declined, and the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government turned most of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings erected by Cardinal Jimenes in the 16th century into a See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot for the archives of various See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state departments . Here are'kept very See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and curious documents of the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition, showing all its workings from the 15th to the 19th century . One of the principal See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries is the former See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the archbishops of See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo . For a See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller description of Alcala see the Guia del viajero en Alcala de Henares, by L . A. de la Torre (Alcala, 1882) . The following See also:

• WORKS

works are mainly of historical interest:—M. de See also:

• AYALA, DON PEDRO LOPEZ DE (1332–1407)

Ayala and F . Sastre, Alcald de Henares (Madrid, 189o) ; J . C .

See also:

• GARCIA
• GARCIA (DEL POPOLO VICENTO), MANOEL (1775-1832)

Garcia, Ensayo de una Tipografia Complutense (Madrid, 1889) ; M . Portilla y Esquivel, Historia de la See also:

• CIUDAD

ciudad de Compluto (Alcala, 1725–1728); and the Annales Cgmplutenses " and " Chronicon Complutense " in Espana Sagrada, by H . See also:

• FLOREZ, ENRIQUE (1701-1773)

Florez and others (Madrid, 1754–1899) .