Road in the region of Sagra, in La Mancha, Spain

December 12th 1584. Miguel marries his young bride Catalina in Esquivias. An attempt to live the life of a country squire is not a success. Two years later he leaves wife and home and sets out for Seville. But in his time living at La Sagra, occasionally getting away to nearby Toledo, and later on the roads to Andalusia, he meets the people who will form the backbone of his work.