Both scholars were acting as servants of their masters King Ferdinand II and the Duke of Alba when they accepted these propaganda assignments, as pointed out by the historian Alfredo Floristan.
U svakom slučaju, oba učenjaka su djelovali kao sluge svojih gospodara kralja Ferdinanda II. i vojvode od Albe kada su prihvatili ovaj propagandni zadatak, kako je istaknuo povjesničar Alfredo Floristan  :.