Gregorio López ( Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain 1496 - 1560) was a president of the Consejo de Indias, humanist, jurist and lawyer. López most important work is an annotated edition of the

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published for the first time in 1555. The ''Siete Partidas'' is a legal code divided into seven parts (''partidas'') compiled under the reign of

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the Wise, and which was followed for centuries in Spain,

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, and the United States. It was considered to be the authentic text of the

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work of the Castilian king. The annotated copy contains López certification as of September 7, 1555, that it is a true copy of the earlier text; however, no one has established which manuscript or manuscripts were used for the edition. López served as mayor of the ''Puebla de Guadalupe'', a municipality in the province of Cáceres. He married the niece of

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. He died in Guadalupe in 1560, and was buried in the city's ''Monasterio de Santa María'' (Monastery of Santa Maria). The front of his

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-style palace survives to today. He is sometimes confused with Gregorio López de Tovar, his grandson.

References

* Gregorio López. From the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Retrieved May 10, 2006. 1496 births 1560 deaths People from the Province of Cáceres 16th-century Spanish jurists University of Salamanca alumni 16th-century Spanish writers {{Spain-law-bio-stub