(c. 1389 – 1479) Dominican friar, he studied, lived and taught most of his life at the convent of San Esteban in Salamanca. His works were probably written at the end of his life, between 1460 and 1470.
he was also confessor of Leonor de Pimentel, second wife of Juan de Zúñiga, to whom he dedicated several of his works, and promoter of the convent of San Vicente Ferrer (or Saint Dominic) in Plasencia.
Beyond his importance as preacher, he suported Juan de Zúñiga and the nobility front against Enrique IV of Castilla.
Bibliography:
- JIMÉNEZ MORENO, Arturo, Vida y obra de Juan López de Zamora, O.P. Un intelectual castellano del siglo XV. Antología de textos. Zamora, Ayuntamiento de Zamora / Centro de la UNED de Zamora, 2002.
- Sociedad y literatura en la producción homilética de la segunda mitad de siglo XV. La predicación de Juan López de Salamanca o de Zamora. Salamanca, Ed. de la Universidad de Salamanca, 2002.
- (ed.), Juan López de Salamanca. Evangelios moralizados. Salamanca, Ed. de la Universidad de Salamanca, 2004.