Gil González Dávila (1570–1658) was a Spanish archivist, courtier and chronicler.Celia Parcero Torre
"Gil González Dávila"
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Life

He was born and died at

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. He spent his early years in

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, where he was educated at the residence of Cardinal Deza. He returned to Spain when he was 20 and settled in

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. He was called to

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and made historiographer to the

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in 1612, and for the Indies in 1641. Of his numerous works, the most valuable are his ''Teatro de las Grandezas des Madrid'' (Madrid, 1623, sqq.), and his ''Teatro Eclesiastico'', descriptive of the metropolitan churches and cathedrals of Castile, with lives of the prelates (Madrid, 1645–1653, 4 vols.)

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* Attribution * 1570 births 1658 deaths Spanish biographers Spanish male biographers 17th-century Spanish historians People from the Papal States {{Spain-historian-stub