Charles II, King of Spain, and His Wife Kneeling Before the Eucharist From the royal family to the common peasant, fervent Catholic religious faith permeated seventeenth-century Spanish society, serving as a binding force for the newly unified nation.

(Musée Eucharistique du Hieron, Paray le-Monial, France/Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY)