Los panteones reales del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Muerte, sistemas sepulcrales y construcción de imagen dinástica, (1563-1833)

  1. Merino Thomas, Andrés
Supervised by:
  1. Virginia León Sanz Director

Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fecha de defensa: 21 January 2016

Committee:
  1. Enrique Martínez Ruiz Chair
  2. Carmen Sanz Ayán Secretary
  3. José Martínez Millán Committee member
  4. Carlos Pérez Fernández-Turégano Committee member
  5. María Ángeles Pérez Samper Committee member
Department:
  1. Historia Moderna e Historia Contemporánea

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 141933 DIALNET lock_openDocta Complutense editor

Abstract

This study analyses the historical significance of the Royal Pantheon and the other rooms that form the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, built on the initiative of Philip II between 1563 and 1584, as a place of historical creation, projection and evolution of funerary image of the Spanish Monarchy, during the Modern Age, taking into consideration the attitude towards the death of the Spanish sovereigns, their spouses and other relatives, and the placing or their mortal remains in the Monastery, whose custody was entrusted to the monks of the Order of St. Jerome.