Un retrato del natural: las descripciones de vestimenta en los libros de caballerías del siglo XVI.

In the 16th century the art reflects a huge variety of daily life aspects, and shows a fulfilled portrait of all social estates, especially nobility. The middle estate appreciated the princely and nobles'clothing representation, probably, as a way of forgot their ouwn life conditions. In chivalry books there are a lot of detailed descriptions of their characters, and those characters are belonged to all social estates, then, the chivalry books are a real reflection of the appearance and nature of the society at that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]