Abstract
This essay analyses Los agravios satisfechos y visperas sicilianas, an apocryphal comedy by Calderon de la Barca, whose subject is the anti-French rebellion that took place at Palermo in 1282. The comparison between the literary text and some historical studies has allowed the identification of possible sources used by the author. On the other hand, the manipulation of History, in addition to the anachronisms related to some events of the third and fourth decade of the XVII century (France’s declaration of war on Spain in 1635, 1640 Catalan revolt and the Pact of Ceret, 1641 conspiracy in Andalusia), led us to establish the date of the Golden Age comedy and to identify the goals pursued by the playwright: to turn the Sicilian Vespers into a foundation myth of the Monarchy in Spain, using them as an anti-French symbol and, at the same time, to criticize the «restoring reformism» that the Count-Duke Olivares undertook.
Highlights
This essay analyses Los agravios satisfechos y vísperas sicilianas, an apocryphal comedy by Calderón de la Barca, whose subject is the anti-French rebellion that took place at Palermo in 1282
The manipulation of History, in addition to the anachronisms related to some events of the third and fourth decade of the XVII century
Catalan revolt and the Pact of Ceret, 1641 conspiracy in Andalusia), led us to establish the date of the Golden Age comedy and to identify the goals pursued by the playwright: to turn the Sicilian Vespers into a
Summary
RESUMEN El trabajo analiza Los agravios satisfechos y vísperas cicilianas, comedia apócrifa de Calderón que trata del levantamiento antifrancés acontecido en Palermo en 1282. La manipulación de los hechos históricos, junto con los anacronismos que remiten a acontecimientos de los años treinta y cuarenta del siglo XVII (la declaración de guerra de Francia a España de 1635, la rebelión de Cataluña y el Pacto de Ceret de 1640, la conspiración de 1641 para levantar a Andalucía), han permitido establecer la datación de la obra e identificar los objetivos perseguidos por el autor: hacer de las Vísperas sicilianas un mito fundador de la monarquía española, utilizándolas en clave anti-francesa y, al mismo tiempo, criticar el «reformismo restaurador» del conde-duque de Olivares. Palabras Clave: Comedia áurea; Vísperas sicilianas; antifrancesismo; rebelión catalana 1640; antiolivarismo
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