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Plain Lives in a Golden Age: Popular Culture, Religion and Society in Seventeenth-Century Holland.A. Th. van Deursen

Works) which would henceforth regulate all the elements that make up the urban fabric. This expression of the Renaissance urban spirit had surfaced in Spain earlier in the century—under more propitious conditions—in the laws, statutes, and ordinances regulating the creation and growth of the settlements established in the New World's colonies. The catalogue of the cities depicted by Van den Wyngaerde, which constitutes the bulk of this book, illustrates the finished views and their preparatory studies, as well as drawings of specific structures, when they exist. Illustrations of the prints of Spanish cities that also appear in Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum (i 576-1618) are occasionally included, and while it seems clear that they were inspired by Van den Wyngaerde's drawings, they fall far short of the latter's concern for detail and verisimilitude. The entries provide a history of each city since its earliest known beginnings, and the identification and descriptions of buildings and other urban features that appear in the views. These descriptions often complement the visual data given by the drawings with information drawn from other sources. In engaging Anton van den Wyngaerde to produce a pictorial record of Spain's principal cities and towns, Philip II could not have made a better choice; Van den Wyngaerde's drawings are not only topographically more accurate and detailed than those of his contemporaries, they also are themselves beautiful works of art. The publication of this volume fulfills at long last Philip's wish of having the grandeur of his kingdom recorded for all the world to see. Through its essays, images, and bibliography, it also makes a serious contribution to the history of Spanish cities and architecture.