Fiesta y tragedia

Enrique Martínez Ruiz, one of the great historians of the period, clearly and sharply teaches us the lights and shadows of the Spanish empire to guide us carefully through the 16th and 17th centuries. The author explains all aspects of Spanish life at the time: from how society was organized to the conception it had of death, its large and numerous festivals, its vices, the evolution of fashion and the meaning of the different costumes, the figure of women, the importance of marriage, the role that religion played in everyday life and what the construction of two emblematic buildings such as the Real Alcázar in Madrid and the Buen Retiro Palace meant for the monarchy.