Salamanca, on the Tormes River in western Spain (Castile and Leon), is home to one of Europe's oldest universities, founded by King Alfonso IX of Leon in 1218. Its Jewish community lived there until the expulsion of 1492; the astronomer Abraham Zacuto, born in the city, completed his astronomical tables, Ha-Hibbur ha-Gadol, there in 1478. In the 16th century its theologians, the 'School of Salamanca' led by Francisco de Vitoria, shaped Catholic thought on law and economics; John of the Cross studied at the university (1564-68), and Teresa of Avila founded a Carmelite convent in the city in 1570.
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Salamanca through the eras
In the 15th century Salamanca's university was among Europe's leading centres of astronomy, and the city had a Jewish community until the 1492 expulsion. Abraham Zacuto, born here in 1452, wrote Ha-Hibbur ha-Gadol (begun c. 1470, completed 1478), with tables computed for Salamanca; whether he also taught at the university is uncertain.
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