“…79 For a description and discussion of an Auto de Fe, see Flynn, 1991. For a discussion of Spanish Catholicism, see Payne, 1984 andRawlings, 2002. aspects of the Spanish society of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Church's involvement created a culture cloaked in an insular orthodoxy: a prohibition on Spaniards forbidden studying at foreign universities, widespread growth of flagellation, and an art scene dominated by religious themes.…”