Before the Bourbon dynasty took the thrown in Spain, the Hadsburg dynasty was on the decline with the of the last Hadsburg kings, Charles II. ... " I say that because there were many signs and policies of Enlightenment in Spain and Portugal, but none of them really lasted or had significant standing in the Enlightenment conversation. ... Thus there had to be some sort of change that would bring both Spain and Portugal back into the picture as still viable powers in Europe. ... Though, the attack on the Jesuits shows that Charles stood with those who believed the church had become too worl...

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It showed an expansion of religious and patriotic fervor that was emerging. ... The day of the Last Judgement, when Christ would come to judge the living and the dead. ... Many hybrid creatures we see in Gothic art, such as half man-half goat, seem to be illicit couplings that couldn't be discussed, but pictured instead. The human form was the last of God's creatures to succumb to the "naturalistic" trend in Gothic art. ...

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