Table of Contents

Contents: Background: Components of an image - 1568-1609: The construction of an image of the enemy - 1609-1621: The truce: The image of the enemy in peace-time - 1621-1648: An image of the enemy at full fighting strength - 1648-1673: The picture blurs - Epilogue. A twentieth-century war chronicle about Flanders: The adventures of Captain Alatriste.

About the Author

The Author: Yolanda Rodriguez Perez is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research deals primarily with the relations between Spain and the Netherlands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on literary representations and Dutch translations of Spanish works of the Golden Age.