This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1629.
Events
January –
Pedro Calderón de la Barca and his friends break into a convent in an attempt to seize Pedro de Villegas, who had stabbed Calderón's brother.
July –
Richard James lends
Oliver St John a manuscript tract on the bridling of parliaments which was written in 1612 by Sir
Robert Dudley, titular
Duke of Northumberland. St John circulates it among parliamentary supporters, and James is arrested as a result.
The first known performance is given at the
Corral de comedias de Almagro in Spain (rediscovered in the 1950s) by Juan Martinez's theatrical company Autor.[2]