Noelia-Webquest

The differences between a civil and a religious building are that in the religious building they are used for pray, where the weddings take place and also is the house of the priests. The civil buildings are where the king live and where they meet with other people.
 * 1. What marks the differences between a civil and religious building?**

- Civil buildings that we can still see today are: La Plaza Mayor, El museo de S.Isidro, Palacio de los Consejos y la Casa y Torre de los Lujanes. - Religious buildings that we can still see today are: Iglesia de S.Pedro el Viejo, Basilica de S.Andrés, Basilica de S.Miguel, Capilla de S.Isidro, Capilla del Obispo, Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas, Parroquia de S.Guinés y Monasterio e Iglesia de S.Jerónimo el Real.
 * 2. Make a list of the most important civil buildings and another of the most important religious buildings in the city that you can still see today.**


 * Answer the following questions for each of the buildings that you mention in your list:**

- La Plaza Mayor: La Plaza Mayor was built to use it like a secenary public to do alot of bullfighting. And also the people use it for the trade and they solt and bought a lot of animelts. - El Museo de S.Isidro: It was built for accomodation purposes. The Lujanes family built it to inhabit as home. - Palacio de los Consejos: - Casa y Torre de los Lujanes:
 * 3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?**

- Iglesia de S.Pedro el Viejo: was created to pray. - Basilica de S.Andrés: It is used to pray and it was created in honor of S.Andrés, the first apostol called by Christ. - Basilica de S.Miguel: - Capilla de S.Isidro: San Isidro Chapel was created to be worthy of the Boss of Madrid and to deposit San Isidro`s remains and that the people could adore him. - Capilla del Obispo:The chapel of the Bishop sent building to house the remains of San Isidro Labrador. - Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas: Was the first building that started working. At first they started to study grammar, rhetoric and theology. - Parroquia de S.Guinés: Was for the habitants of the Arenal street to have a place for pray. - Monasterio e Iglesia de S.Jerónimo el Real: At first this was for the monks of the order of S.Jerónimo. The Royal Family used the rooms as a relaxation and meditation.
 * 4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?**

- La Plaza Mayor: Philip II of Spain was the one who ordered to built but Philip III finish it. - El Museo de S.Isidro: It was built by the Lujanes family thy were a noble family settled in the village where only nobles family could live in the capital - Palacio de los Consejos: - Casa y Torre de los Lujanes: This house was built by Álvaro Lujan in 1494, the Lujan family lived there until the XVIII century.
 * 5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?**

- Iglesia de S.Pedro el Viejo: Was built by Lorenzo Reinoso. - Basilica de S.Andrés: No one knows wxactly who ordered to constructed and who built because is very old, - Basilica de S,Miguel: - Capilla de S.Isidro: No one knows exactly who ordered to built but was modified because it was poor for the remains and was kept by Juan. - Capilla del Obispo: It was built by Francisco de Vargas and his son Vargas Gutierrez (bishop of plasencia) to house the remains of S.Isidro. - Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas: It was created by the Conde of feria to made a school in Madrid. - Parroquia de S.Guinés: It was created by José Luis Marín. - Monasterio e Iglesia de S.Jerónimo el Real: Enrique IV was founded it.
 * 6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?**


 * BIG QUESTION**


 * Considering the buildings that you have studied, write a small composition (20 lines) in which you explain:**
 * 1. In what ways society organized in Madrid during the Modern Age?**
 * 2. What did the people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures?**
 * 3. What role did religion play in 16th and 17th century society? Was it a private and personal matter? Or, was it related to social status?**

The society of Madrid during the Modern Age was a feudal system that was organized in three states: The first one were the Nobles they were a privileged state because they don`t have to pay taxes. The second one were the Clergy they were a privileged state too, because they don`t have to pay taxes. The third state were the workes, craftsmen, peasants etc (the rest of the people) they were a not prviliged state because they had to pay taxes. Here appeared a new social group they were the Bourgeoisie they were rich merchants and bankers but they were inside the third state, they were not privileged and they have to pay the taxes they began the middle classes. But the person that have the absolute power was the King. All this group didn`t have any vote system to change the goverment, they had to be ruled by the king. The people that built buildings hope to show with their structure but they were also used by the people who built or paid for them as ways of showing the rest of the society their importance and social status. The role of religion during the 16th and 17th century was very important, because the multitude of religious buildings that were built. All the persons were Catholich but the ones who were from other religion or directly not believed in God they were persecuted. I think that was a personal and private matter because no all the people have the same religions, for example some were protestants and they not told to the people that they were of this religion because if they told it they were persecuted and each person could be for the religion that they wanted but in this centuries was bad saw that your religion was not Catholic.