The struggle for the Horacio de Levanto´s body: the business of death.

Abstract

Burial in the churches was a common practice in Modern Early. Encouraged by religious authorities was used as one of the main ways to live in memory and gain fame after death. While the deceased and his family gained glory and the elected church received an important part of their heritage. The sepulture of the richest person in the Modern Andalucia: Horacio de Levanto, was the reason for a long judgment.b Thanks to the extensive documentation generated in the judicial process, know about the construction and decoration of the Augustinian church of Granada, where he was buried.