1. Helmut Koenigsberger, The Government of Sicily under Philip II of Spain. A Study in the Practice of Empire (London and New York, 1951), p. 9.

2. J. H. Elliott, The Revolt of the Catalans. A Study in the Decline of Spain, 1598-1640 (Cambridge, 1963). A Catalan translation by Josep Vallverdu, La revolta catalana, 1598-1640, was published by Editorial Vicens-Vives, Barcelona, 1966.

3. Ferran de Sagarra, La unitat catalana en 1640 (Ateneu Barcelones, Barcelona, 1931 ), p. 18.

4. For an anthology of articles on and around this debate, see Trevor Aston (ed.), Crisis in Europe, 1560-1660 (London, 1965).

5. Arxiu General de Protocols de Barcelona. Antoni J. Fita, lib. 3 d'inventaris (29 Oct. 1621).

6. Dietari de Jeroni Pujades, ed. Josep Ma. Casas Homs, 4 vols. (Barcelona, 1975-6).

7. Ibid., III, p. 73.

8. Ibid., IV, p. 58.

9. Cited Elliott, The Revolt, p.401. (La revolta, p.383).

10. Ibid., p. 471 (La revolta, p. 451).

11. For an up-to-date survey of the historiography of the revolt, running from the eighteenth century to the late twentieth, and including my own book and subsequent work in the field, see Ricardo García Cárcel, 'Historia social e historia nacional: algunas reflexiones sobre la historiografía de las revueltas en la Cataluña moderna', Historia Social (U.N.E.D. Valencia), 20 (1994), pp.47-66.

12. Elliott, The Revolt, p. 549 (La revolta, p. 526).

13. James S. Amelang, Honored Citizens of Barcelona. Patrician Culture and Class Relations, 1490-1714 (Princeton, 1986).

14. For important contributions since my book was published, however, see Henry Kamen, The Phoenix and the Flame. Catalonia and the Counter Reformation (New Haven and London, 1993), ch. 8, and Manuel Peña, Cataluña en el Renacimiento: libros y lenguas (Lleida, 1996).

15. Francesc Amorós i Gonell, Correspondència diplomàtica de Joan Francesc Rossell, 1616- 1617. Una crònica de la cort de Felip III (Barcelona, 1992), p. 63. See also my review in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 71 (1994), pp. 391-2.