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<em>Higueruela battle</em> (detail). Orazio Cambiaso (1587-1589)
Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us …

Dec. 5, 2021
Our Lady of the Solitude
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza.

Dec. 3, 2021
The main chaple. Cathedral of Granada. Francisco de Heylan
Uproar at the celebration of mass and imprisonment of the minstrels and organist of Granada Cathedral (1595)

The trial brought by the court of the Inquisition of Granada against some members of …

Dec. 1, 2021
Door of the comedy corral of the Hospital de la Magdalena in Ávila (picture by A. de Vicente)
Comedies whit music in the <em>Corral de Comedias</em> in Ávila (1754)

Every year, during the months of June and July, a series of festivals took place …

Nov. 19, 2021

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Holy Week Processions in Madrid (1804-1816)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-10-2022

A series of documents from the Consejo section of the Archivo Histórico Nacional, corresponding to the years 1808, 1809, 1810, 1815 and 1816, allow us to study the changes that …

Holy Week procession Miserere mei Deus (psalm 51) bustle in the street street music open confraternities closed confraternities penitential confraternities Marian confraternities confraternities with avocations to saints rosary confraternities confraternities project Carlos IV (king) Consejo de Castilla Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga (cardinal, archibishop) clergy brothers guild of market gardeners congregation of the Vara Porters of the Mayors' Hall friars Order of Dominicans Order of Minims Order of Discalced Trinitarians Order of the Discalced Carmelites music chapel crowd confraternity of the Irish confraternity of the Slaves of Jesus Nazarene confraternity of Our Lady of Solitude and Anguish brotherhood of Our Lady of Solitude, Saint Francis of Paola and Holy Rosary convent of Santo Tomas (Dominicans) chuch of Santa María de Gracia convent of El Carmen Calzado (Calced Carmelites) convent and hospital of Nuestra Señora del Amor de Dios (Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God) convent of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación (Discalced Trinitarians) church of San Sebastián convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Minims of Saint Francis of Paola) plaza Mayor Guadalajara gate Platería street Palace arch (= Armoury arch) Nueva street (= Bailén) Palace of the Marquis of Grimaldi (= palace of Manuel Godoy) Corito street (= Torija) Santo Domingo square street of Postigo de San Martín (= Jacometrezo) Montera street puerta del Sol Carretas street Atocha street Santa Cruz street Tesoro street Encarnación square Encarnación street (= de la Bola) Santiago street colleage of San Patricio (Irisch people)
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