This article analyzes a corpus of pamphlets produced in and/or related to Antwerp in theperiod between the Pacification of Ghent (1576) and the retaking of the city by theHabsburg regime under Farnese (1585). The quantitative evolutions within this corpusare related to events, actors and circumstances. Especially Don Juan and the duke ofAnjou have caused peaks in Antwerp’s pamphlet production. In general, the themes ofpamphlets were of interest to an audience wider than Antwerp’s residents, although alsoactors in the city’s civil society used this medium. The choice of genres of pamphlets andtheir reminiscence to other forms of communication are also discussed. The last part ofthe article focuses on the role of printers and publishers.
