El confesor del Emperador: la actividad política de fray García de Loaysa y Mendoza al servicio de Carlos V (1522-1530)

Throughout the 15th century the confessors of the Castilian monarchs of the Trastámara dynasty, mostly Dominican friars had increased their political influence. Therefore the friar García de Loaysa’s activity in theCourt of Carlos V from the year 1522, as Royal Confessor and then asPresident of the Council of the Inquisition and of the Council of the Indies, although it's not strange, nonetheless arouse admiration, precisely asa result of the importance of the charges in the Court having been previouslyMaster General of his own religious order. The present paperaims to address the study of this versatile and influential political personage, of his rising career in the Order of Preachers and their government performance in the Court of Carlos V, mostly in collaboration with the Spanish faction of the Court, led by Secretary Francisco de los Cobos, while he served as confessor of the Emperor. For this we will use of the Chronicles of the time, as well as copious documentation gathered in Spanish archives  (Simancas and National) and in the archives of the Order of Preachers.