Los agustinos y la guerra de Cataluña (1640-1652)

Abstract

The major crisis that Spain had in the XVII century was the Catalonia (Reapers) War, which took place from 1640 to 1652. Those religious who lived in the Catalan area got separated from the rest of their religious Province, the Province of the Crown of Aragon. The Augustinians, like other religious Orders, requested the creation of an independent Province, following the example of the separation of Cataluña from the rest of Spain. In several provincial council meetings, the Catalan Augustinians insisted on their independence and justified their status through writing, like in the case of Gaspar Sala and among others. Furthermore, there were also other Augustinians who were in favor of the union with Spain and even fled to other places during the war. Standing out among them were Fray Andres Judice and Fray Gabriel Rius, they were Catalan Augustinians who rejoined the Aragonese Province easily and simply dismissed the previous incidents.