CHAPTER VI. SPAIN--HISTORIANS, MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS, AND THE

MYSTICS.

Spanish historians--Histories of particular events--Early historians of the Indies--General historians of the Indies--Gómara, Oviedo, Las Casas, Herrera, the Inca Garcilaso--Mendoza, Moncada, and Melo--General histories--Ocampo, Zurita, Morales--Mariana--The decadence--Solis--Miscellaneous writers--Gracian and the prevalence of Góngorism--The mystics--Spanish mysticism--The influence of the Inquisition on Spanish religious literature--Malon de Chaide--Juan de Ávila--Luis de Granada--Luis de Leon--Santa Teresa--Juan de la Cruz--Decadence of the mystic writers 157