SIMANCAS  , 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:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid; 8 m . S.W. of Valladolid, on the road to See also:

• ZAMORA

Zamora and the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Pisuerga . Pop . (1900) 1129 . Simancas is a town of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Septimanca, with a. citadel dating from the Moorish occupation in the 9th See also:

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

century, a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of seventeen See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, and many remains of old walls . In 934 it was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a bloody See also:

• BATTLE

battle between the See also:

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

Moors and Christians . The citadel is now the Archivo See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General del Reino, to which the See also:

• NATIONAL

national archives of Spain were removed by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. in 1563 . Their transference thither was first suggested to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. by See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Ximenes or Cisneros (d . 1517) . The extensive alterations were made by three celebrated 16th-century architects, Juan de See also:

• HERRERA, FERNANDO DE (c. 1534-1597)
• HERRERA, FRANCISCO (1576-1656)

Herrera, Alonso Berruguete and Juan See also:

• GOMEZ, DIOGO (DIEGO) (ff. 1440-1482)

Gomez de See also:

• MORA, JOSE (1638-1725)
• MORA, or MORRA (Ital. delay)

Mora; the arrangement of the papers was en-trusted to Diego de See also:

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

Ayala . They occupy See also:

• FORTY

forty-six rooms, and are arranged in upwards of 8o,000 bundles (33,000,000 documents), including important private as well as See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state papers . The archives of the Indies were transferred in 1784 to the Lonja of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville (q.v.) .

Permission to consult the documents at Simancas can be readily obtained .