ФЕРНАНДО ЧЕКА КРЕМАДЕС О ПРОБЛЕМЕ ИСТОКОВ РЕНЕССАНСА В ИСПАНИИ
FERNANDO CHECA CREMADES AND HIS CONCEPT OF THE ORIGINS OF SPANISH RENAISSANCE

Summary/Abstract: The present paper looks at the interpretation of the Early Renaissance Spanish culture by Fernando Checa Cremades (1952), one of the contemporary Spanish scholars. The research aims to introduce the peculiar concept of Spanish Renaissance created by F. Checa to the Russian academic circles. It focuses on the way the Spanish historian explains the first steps of Renaissance on the Iberian Peninsula and his views regarding various aspects of the Spanish culture during the second half of the 15th century and the early 16th century. To achieve the set objective, methods that are typically employed by historians for studying national intellectual heritage are used. The problem is considered from different perspectives in order to assess the validity and reliability of the approach. Both primary and secondary scholarly sources along with data from the scholarly debates on the subject are utilized to better understand the studied problem. The specific features of F. Checa’s conception are identified and the importance of his contribution into the Spanish and international tradition of studying the Renaissance culture is demonstrated by comparing the ideas presented by F. Checa with those expressed by Russian and European hispanists. The information provided in the present paper can be of interest both for historians and historiog-raphers, since it helps to gain an insight into the Spanish Renaissance culture and the contemporary Iberian intellectual tradition of understanding the past.

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