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Author: Anastácio, Vanda¹

Source: Portuguese Studies, Volume 25, Number 2, 15 September 2009 , pp. 199-214(16)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

Abstract:

The pamphlets exchanged between the Portuguese, the Catalan and the Castilian factions in 1640, after the acclamation of the Duke of Braganza as King D. João IV of Portugal, present an especially rich field of research for anyone interested in the way the various Iberian cultures have pictured both themselves and each other, in the modern period. In the 1640s neither Philip IV of Spain, nor John IV of Portugal, nor the Catalonian Consell de Cent had the military power to engage in a decisive war. They relied largely on diplomacy and on propaganda, in the form of pamphlets, announcing each military achievement and belittling the victories of the enemy.

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Os panfletos trocados entre as facções Portugal, Castela e Catalunha na década de 1640, depois da aclamação do Duque de Bragança D. João IV, constituem um campo de investigação extremamente rico para quem esteja interessado em entender o modo como as várias regiões ibéricas se auto representaram e se representaram umas às outras no Período Moderno. Em 1640, nem Filipe III, nem D. João IV, nem o Consell de Cent na Catalunha tinham a capacidade militar para se envolverem numa Guerra decisiva. Apoiaram-se sobretudo na Diplomacia e na Propaganda escrita usando como arma os papéis que anunciavam vitórias militares e políticas próprias e desvalorizavam os revezes do inimigo.

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Fragmenting Iberia: Images of Castile in Seventeenth-Century Portuguese Pamphlets