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**Preguntas**

 * 1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?**

The differences between a civil and a religious buildings are that the firts are used for made agreements like for examples when the Kings meet with important people and the second are used by religious people were you can go to pray, married, also were the priests can live.


 * 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.**

Some of the civil buildings were:
 * La Casa y Torre de los Lujanes.
 * La Plaza Mayor.
 * Museo de San Isidro.
 * Palacio de Los Consejos.

Some of the religuious buildings were:
 * Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo.
 * Basilica de San Miguel.
 * Basilica de San Andres.
 * Capilla de San Isidrio.
 * Capilla del Obispo.
 * Colegio imperial de los Jesuitas.
 * Monasterio o Iglesia de San Jeronimo el Real.
 * Parroquia de San Gines.


 * Answer the following questions for each of the buildings that you mention on your list.**


 * 3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?**


 * La Casa y Torre de los Lujanes: The function of this building is that were created to live the family Lujuanes.
 * La Plaza Mayor: The function of la Plaza Mayor was to be a scenary public to do a lot bullfighing also it was used to did "autos de fe" that were public manifestation of the inquisition and to buy and sell aliments.
 * Museo de San Isidrio: This building was created for purposes of accomodation and the family Lujanes wanted to accomodate it like a home.
 * Palacio de Los Consejos: It was used like a house because the mother of King Charles II, lived there until his death.

> > **5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?** > > **6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?**
 * 4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?**
 * Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo:It's functions was to be a Catholic Church andit was one of the most older of the city, also it was used to pray.
 * Basilica de San Miguel:It was used for pray and give masses.
 * Basilica de San Andres:It use were for pray and also it was created in honor of Sant Andres, the first apostol called by Christ.
 * Capilla de San Isidrio:It was created to be worthy of the boss of Madrid and to deposit the San Isidrio's remain so the people can go there to visit him.
 * Capilla del Obispo: It was built to hold the remains of San Isidrio so the people can visited it.
 * Colegio imperial de los Jesuitas: It was the first building that began to work in 1572 San Francisco de Borja. At the begining they began to studied grammar,retoricay,theology.
 * Monasterio o Iglesia de San Jeronimo el Real: The royal family used it as a place of retirement, relaxion and meditation,especially in the days of family mourning.This church also go to sing the best choirs from all over Spain, which sometimes this makes a Mass in heaven. Nowdays you can marry there.
 * Parroquia de San Gines: This was made for the habitants of Calle Arenal have a place to pray his oraciones, because they need a church to be united and to prey to God.
 * La Casa y Torre de los Lujanes: Alvaro Lujan was who ordered the construction, also he was a very rich merchant. Because he wants to live there with his family.
 * La Plaza Mayor: Felipe II of Spain was who ordered the construction when he began to be resident of Madrid but Felipe III was the person that sent finish it.
 * Museo de San Isidrio: It was ordered by the Lujanes family, they were nobles so they established in the villa were only rich people can live. There were a lot of public acts like for example wedings...
 * Palacio de Los Consejos: It was built by


 * Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo: It was build by Lorenzo Reinoso
 * Basilica de San Miguel:
 * Basilica de San Andres:
 * Capilla de San Isidrio: We didn't no very well who ordered to build it,but later the architect José de Villareal became the boss of the project.
 * Capilla del Obispo:I t was ordered to build by the King Alfonso VIII, to deposite the San Isidro Labrador remains.
 * Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas: It was ordered by the Conde of Feria to made a school in Madrid.
 * Monasterio e Iglesia de San Jeronimo el Real: Enrique IV was the person who founded it. The royal family used it as a place of retirement, relaxion and meditation,especially in the days of family mourning.This church also go to sing the best choirs from all over Spain, which sometimes this makes a Mass in heaven. Nowdays you can marry there.
 * Parroquia de San Gines: It was ordered by an archiest called José Luis Marín, this was build so know the habitants of Calle Arenal have a place to pray.


 * 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?**

​ During the Modern Age the society was organised in three groups called states.This was known as the feudal system. The order of this states were the following: The first state were the Clergy, the second state were the Nobles and the third state were the rest of the peple ( peasants and workers) although the most powerful people was the King, he had the absolute power.The people still didn't have any power of vote. The people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures the power that they had, that they life in great luxury for example the Palacio de Los Consejos that was a hose that live the mother of Carles de II, until his death. and the people who built religious buildings they try to show his ideology and also to share this with the people that were religious too. Like for example Parroquia de San Gines this was made for the habitants of Calle Arenal have a place to pray his oraciones, because they need a church to be united and to prey to God. Others examples were the San Pedro Viejo Church, the Basilica of San Andres that were used to pray and to give masses, and Basilica de San Isidrio ,Capilla del Obispo were you can saw it's remains. The role of religion during the periods XVI and XVII was very important, as you can see all the religious buildings that were built during this period. Most of the people were Catholics and those who were not Catholic became persecuted. I think that it was private and personal matter because some people that were protestant didn't said their religion because otherwise they became persecuted, but for example the king and nobles was a personal matter because they didn't hide their religion.
 * The Composition:**
 * The Clergy** were privileged states so they didn't have to pay taxes instead they received the tithe, they dominated society and held power, also they were very religious men and they spent much time in the curch.
 * The Nobles** were also privileges states, so they didn't have to pay taxes at the same that the clergy they dominated society and held power. This two estates were a minority.
 * The peasants** continue to life under harsh conditions, most of them were very poor and didn't have their own lands. They didn't were privileges estates so they have to pay a lot of taxes.To this estate also belong **the bourgeoisie** that was a new group that appear during this period, some of them were rich merchants, bankers or businessmen and they began the middle class. They resented the privileges of the clergy and the nobles, because they have to pay a lot of taxes although their wages were very low.