293 AN APPROACH TO ENGLISH ANTI-CATHOLICISM THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF SOME 17 th CENTURY ANTI-JESUITICAL PAMPHLETS LETICIA ÁLVAREZ RECIO University of Seville The birth and quick spread of the Company of Jesus was one of the most significant religious and cultural events of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Their attack against Rome’s abuses, interest and influence on education and tolerance regarding minorities, such as women, Jews or Arabs made the Jesuits become a serious threat for the status quo. Despite this subversive attitude, their strength was commonly associated by the Protestant world with Rome and the Spanish Empire. The three together were constructed as a unified “other” where the Anglicans projected their own frustrations and fears. This paper attempts to present some aspects of this discursive construction in 17 th –century England through the analysis of four anti-Jesuitical pamphlets. I will explore the different discursive strategies through which they elaborated a specific image of the Company, Spain and Rome and the unique enemy the had to defeat. The birth and rapid development of the Company of Jesus was one of the most significant religious and cultural events of the 16 th and 17 th centuries in Europe. Their attack against Rome’s abuses, their interest and influence on education and their tolerance regarding minorities, such as women, converts or manual workers made the Jesuits a serious threat to the status quo. Despite this subversive attitude, their strength was commonly associated by the Protestant world with Rome and the Spanish Empire. The three together were constructed as a unified “other” where the Anglicans projected their own frustrations and fears. This paper attempts to present some aspects of this discursive construction in 17 th –century England through the analysis of four anti-Jesuitical pamphlets. I will explore the different discursive strategies through which they elaborated a specific image of the Company, Spain and Rome as the unique enemy they had to defeat. The Legend of the Iesuites, written in 1623, is a brief anonymous pamphlet which