Entremés de los labradores y soldados castellanos (1641): los tercios felipistas en la Cataluña de la Guerra dels Segadors

Abstract

This essay analyzes the Entremés de los labradores y soldados castellanos, con un bayle al uso de Cathalunya (1641), a short and unique bilingual play on the War of the Reapers or Revolt of the Catalans. It is surprising that a text of such historical value has not been previously studied. Perhaps the reasons for the silence are, on the one hand, its bilingualism and, on the other, its lack of authorship. I will focus on these two reasons or issues and, likewise, examine the pamphlet form of the brief play. Specifically, I will study the stereotyped descriptions of both Castilians and Catalans that the anonymous author incorporates into his work.