Two autos sacramentales by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, entitled Las órdenes militares and Mística y real Babilonia, are the subject of an inquiry by the Inquisition; the former is censured, its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671.
Parliament passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, which restricts London printers to a total of 24, each with no more than 3 presses and 3 apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned.