![]() ![]() It was he who finally removed Unamuno from his two university chairs in 1924 because of the protests of other Spanish intellectuals. In 1923, in agreement with the Spanish King Alfonso XIII, a dictatorship was established for six years, headed by General Miguel Primo de Rivera. ![]() He became Rector of the University of Salamanca at the age of 36, and was so until 1924 and then again from 1930 to 1936. Unamuno played a major role in the intellectual society of Spain. Later he was appointed Vicar General of his Order in the Province of Castile. Allegedly, he then began his lectures in Salamanca with the words "Hesterno the dicebamus. After five years of captivity he was released in 1576. He was also accused of having translated the Song of Songs into Spanish. When his Marran origin became known, he was brought before the court of the Inquisition in 1571. ![]() In 1544 León joined the Augustinian Order and then studied theology at the University of Salamanca, where he later taught. ![]() Luis de León, born 1527 in Belmonte, today's province of Cuenca † August 23rd 1591 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, was one of the greatest lyrical poets of Spain. ![]()
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