Summary Institutions under royal control included not only the king's royal residences and the royal chapels attached to them, but also magnificent convent-palaces and individual monasteries belonging to specific religious orders with close affiliations to the Spanish Crown. These Spanish Royal Sites, a diverse global network that helped to shape the Spanish Monarchy politically and socially in the seventeenth century, extended across the different kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula and beyond to other territories in Europe, America and Asia under Spanish rule. The religious practices that occurred there were an essential aspect of studying the justification of power, the pre-eminence of (ecclesiastical and temporal) institutions and, in the case of the Spanish Monarchy, its relations with the Holy See. This volume brings together scholars from various humanities disciplines, opening up novel avenues of research for studying the organization of royal institutions in the different kingdoms of the Habsburg Spanish Monarchy, especially in questions related to religion and royal piety. Particular attention is paid to the under-researched area of Royal Sites in Catalonia, Valencia, Portugal, Sardinia and the Viceroyalty of Peru. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Glossary Notes on currency Preface Royal Sites as Key Elements of the Early Modern Monarchies: The Case of the Spanish Monarchy Jos Eloy Hortal Mu oz Part I: Royal Chapels Introduction Royal Chapels: Spirituality, Ceremonial and Integration of the Elites Jos Eloy Hortal Mu oz Chapter 1 Spirituality at the Royal Chapel of the Alc zar of Madrid (16th-17th centuries): The Triumph of Rome Jos Mart nez Mill n Chapter 2 The Display of Royal Ecclesiastical Power: The Palatine Chapel of Palermo (1586-1713) Fabrizio d'Avenia Chapter 3 No King for a Palace: Royal Palaces and Chapels in Barcelona in the Seventeenth Century Ignasi Fern ndez Terricabras Chapter 4 Changes and Continuities in the Royal Chapel of Valencia during the Seventeenth Century Emilio Callado Estela Chapter 5 Lima and the Ecclesiastical Entourage of the Viceroys (1600-50): The Royal Chapel Guillermo Nieva Ocampo and Ana M nica Gonz lez Fasani Part II: Royal Palaces, Convents and Monasteries Introduction Royal Palaces, Convents and Monasteries: the Presence of the Sovereign, Integration of the Realms and Kingdoms and Religious Practices Jos Eloy Hortal Mu oz Chapter 6 Court Spaces and Dynastic Piety at the Royal Convents of Madrid (16th-17th centuries) V ctor M nguez Cornelles Chapter 7 The Influence of Rome on Spirituality in the Royal Convents of the Habsburg Netherlands: The Foundation of the Capuchin Convent at Tervuren (1621-33) Henar Pizarro Llorente Chapter 8 The Presiding Religious Influence of an Absent King: Philip II as King of Portugal (1580-98), Royal Palaces, Convents and Monasteries Jos Pedro Paiva Chapter 9 The Spaces of Monarchy in the Kingdom of Valencia: Political and Religious Practices (16th-17th centuries) Inmaculada Rodr guez Moya Chapter 10 Power, Politics and Religion: the Viceregal Court and the Royal Convents in the Kingdom of Sardinia (15th-17th centuries) Nicoletta Bazzano Conclusion Royal Sites as Key Elements of the Political and Religious Relationship between the Spanish Monarchy and the Holy See: The Permeation of the Spirituality of Rome Jos Eloy Hortal Mu oz Notes on the Contributors Index of Names Index of Places Index of Royal Sites