Los Sitios Reales como elementos clave de las monarquías europeas de la Edad Moderna: una aproximación

Abstract

All over history, european Royal Sites have been deeply studied from different approaches. Nonetheless, those studies not always had taken into account every elements that composed these Royal Sites at Early Modern Times, as they mainly focused on buildings, artistic collections and heritage, paying some attention to royal hunt or urbanism. In this sense, numerous and crucial elements of these Royal Sites have been neglected, while we know that these places must be studied from a holistic point of view for its better comprenhension. Thanks to the methodological improvements that social sciences have been doing in lasts years, lately studies with new perspectives are appearing, which allows us to better comprenhend the true meaning of the Royal Sites during the period. This article intends to bring an approach on the advances we have nowadays over the study of the Royal Sites, as well as the role they played in the shape of the early modern european monarchies.