In 1625, when she was already in Europe, Juan Pérez de Montalván’s rather poor Comedia famosa de la monja Alférez was premiered, an occasional work that exploited the protagonist’s fame for box-office purposes. That same year saw the appearance of her biographical notes, or Relación verdadera de las grandes hazañas y valerosos hechos que una mujer hizo en 24 años que sirvió en el reino de Chile y otras partes al rey nuestro señor..., as well as the Segunda Relación de los famosos hechos que en el reino de Chile hizo una varonil mujer... The Última y Tercera Relación... no longer appeared in Seville but in Mexico, and it is written in a different style — much more Baroque — and in the third person. Together with this, the Autobiography is completed, which, in a loose and graceful style, leaves Erauso in the streets of Naples in 1626. A list of all the editions of her Autobiography, as well as her bibliography, may be consulted in J. Bilbao, Eusko Bibliographia, “Enciclopedia General Ilustrada del País Vasco”, vol. III, and in J. Berruezo, Catalina de Erauso. La monja Alférez, San Sebastián, 1975. The life of the adventuress was brought to the screen in 1943 by Emilio Gómez Muriel, with María Félix playing the role. The file concerning the merits and services of Doña Catalina de Erauso is held in the Archive of the Indies. This document, the aforementioned autobiography, the Tercera Relación, and the references made by European and American chroniclers and travellers are the principal sources for recounting her life.
