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Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's Idea de vn principe politico christiano (1655). Pp. 662-663
After the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and following the end of the English Civil Wars, Spain and England begin their respective histories as modern…
Luis Muñoz's Vida y virtudes de la venerable virgen doña Luisa de Carvaial (1632). Engraved portrait
Francisco Suárez's Defensio fidei catholicae (1619). Title page
This Defense of the Catholic faith against the errors of Anglicanism, by Francisco Suárez, was published in response to the controversy raised by the proclamation and defense made by James I of his Oath of Allegiance (1606), through which he tried to…
John Bridgewater's Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae, 1588. Title page
The English Catholics in exile in Europe created whatare known as ‘English Colleges’, Jesuit seminars where they were ordained to the priesthood, with the risky mission of secretly returning to their country to restore Catholicism. In Spain rose…
Nicholas Sanders' De visibili monarchia Ecclesiae, 1571. Pp. 662-663
English Recusants learned to defend the authority of the Pope from works of controversy. The Catholic priest Nicholas Sanders (1531-1581), who obtained the help of Philip II to go to Ireland to promote the rebellion against Queen Elisabeth and…
Luis Cabrera de Córdoba's Filipe Segundo, rey de España (1619). Part I. Title page
For the Spaniards, the long reign of Queen Elizabeth turned out to be a source of humiliation and outrages. The persecution of Catholics, the promotion of rebellion in the Netherlands, the detention of their treasure ships, the fall of the Armada,…