Bernardino de Mendoza

Bernardino de Mendoza ( * 1540, † 1604) was a Spanish diplomat and writer.

Life

After finishing his studies at the University of Alcalá ( 1557) Mendoza joined the army and took part in the Mediterranean campaigns. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba used it in 1567 for diplomatic missions in Italy and entrusted him with important military command post in the Netherlands ( 1572-74 ). Mendoza's first visit to England took place in 1574. He returned there in 1578 as a permanent ambassador of the Spanish King Philip II back and dealt in the next six years with the internal affairs of the country, supported the Jesuits, who were secretly in the country and the supporters of the Scottish Queen Mary Stuart I.. He was also with conspirators against Queen Elizabeth I Tudor in conjunction.

When he was expelled in 1584 for his involvement in the Throckmorton plot, Philip II took on as a personal insult. Mendoza was then sent to France ( 1584-91 ), where he was an ardent supporter of the Catholic League. After the victory of the French King Henry IV, he returned to Spain, then went blind and spent his last years in a monastery, where he wrote and translated. His most important work is " Teorica y practica de la guerra " ( 1595 ) (theory and practice of war ). It underwent several reprints.