Jansenio, agustinismo y la batalla propagandística entre Francia y el imperio hispánico

Abstract

This paper explores Cornelius Jansen’s Mars Gallicus as a propaganda intervention while in Western Europe is taking place the Thirty Years’ War, a period when France confronted frequently the Hispanic Monarchy and conversely. My focus here is to explore the way in which Jansen draws on political augustinianism in order to articulate a global and detailed criticism of the political situation, particularly of the French crown, suggesting by the same token a variety of political and religious means to improve it. I emphasize particularly two ideological components on Jansen’s stand, 1) his open defense of a militant Catholicism embodied in the Hispanic Monarchy –the system closest to what Jansen figures out as God’s City on earth– and 2) a suggestion about a national Catholic religion adaptable to the needs of all Europe.

Keywords

• agustinismo
• Francia
• Guerra de los Treinta Años
• Jansenio Cornelio
• monarquia hispánica
• propaganda