This is a picture of the altarpiece in the Royal Chapel. It depicts the Catholic Kings chopping off heads of the towns people. In many churches, paintings and sculptures depicted similiar scenes in order to tell the towns people "this is what will happen to you if you don't do as we say". The altarpiece also demonstrates the amount of wealth the church had. This created a big debate- the church was receiving all of this money and they claimed they were helping the poor, yet they could afford to have elaborate gowns and decorative churches.
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