Reginaldus Gonsalvius Montanus was a pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 used by the Spanish

Spain

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 evangelic

Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 theologian and Bible translator

Bible translations

The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Indeed, the full Bible has been translated into over 450 languages, although sections of the Bible have been translated into over 2,000 languages....

 Casiodoro de Reina

Casiodoro de Reina

Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna (born 1520 in Montemolín; died 15 March 1594 in Frankfurt am Main was a Lutheran theologian who (perhaps with several others) translated the Bible into Spanish.-Early life:...

.

The pseudonym

Casiodoro de Reina

Casiodoro de Reina

Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna Casiodoro de Reina or de Reyna (born 1520 in Montemolín; died 15 March 1594 in Frankfurt am Main was a Lutheran theologian who (perhaps with several others) translated the Bible into Spanish.-Early life:...

 wrote the first great book against the Inquisition

Inquisition

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: Sanctae Inquisitionis hispanicae artes aliquot detectae, ac palam traductae (in English: Some arts of the Holy Inquisition and the Spanish Title: Algunas artes de la Santa Inquisición española) This book was printed in 1567 in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

 under the pseudonym: Reginaldus Gonsalvius Montanus ("Reginaldo Gonsalvio Montano (authore)").

It's a common error that Antonio del Corro

Antonio del Corro

Antonio del Corro was a Spanish monk who became a Protestant convert. A noted Calvinist preacher and theologian, he taught at the University of Oxford and wrote the first Spanish grammar in English....

 had written this book. The true author of the book was his teacher Casiodoro de Reina. Reina tried to print the book in Basel

Basel

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 and in Strassburg, but the authorities didn't want this, because the Spanish moved troops to Flanders

Flanders

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. Shortly after the first edition in Heidelberg in 1567 the book was a bestseller. Within two years three different Dutch translations, two different German translations, an English translation, a Hungarian translation and a French translation appeared.