The above work consists in an existential meditation about John of the Cross’ cultural roots and ancestral background. Said Iberian post-Renaissance figure was born in Fontiveros [Avila] in 1540 and died in Ubeda [Jaén] in 1591. This study integrates the fruits of the author’s personal research and new developments touching upon Juan de Yepes’ genealogy according to rigorous standards of scholarship. The genealogy proper is configured in a series of eight detailed graphic trees.

Further, certain chapters delve into how, from a stylistic standpoint, this poet and innovative artist is an important transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque.