The Altamira Collection and the history of the Dutch Revolt

TheAltamiraCollection, the name by which the exceptional archive accumulated for centuries by the Counts ofAltamirais known among Early Modern historians, is one of the most important documentary collections for the study of the Hispanic Monarchy and especially the reign of Philip II. Since, 1868, the ruin of the Casa deAltamiracaused the dispersion of the archive, whose papers were acquired by different buyers, including Archer Milton Huntington, founder of “The Hispanic Society of America”. The magnate acquired the collection of books and manuscripts of the Marquis of Jerez de los Caballeros... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Parker, Geoffrey
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: Ediciones Complutense
Schlagwörter: Altamira Collection / The Hispanic Society of America / Dutch Revolt / Colección Altamira / Rebelión de los Países Bajos
Sprache: Englisch
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TheAltamiraCollection, the name by which the exceptional archive accumulated for centuries by the Counts ofAltamirais known among Early Modern historians, is one of the most important documentary collections for the study of the Hispanic Monarchy and especially the reign of Philip II. Since, 1868, the ruin of the Casa deAltamiracaused the dispersion of the archive, whose papers were acquired by different buyers, including Archer Milton Huntington, founder of “The Hispanic Society of America”. The magnate acquired the collection of books and manuscripts of the Marquis of Jerez de los Caballeros, unique of its kind, and whose papers were largely fromAltamira. The Library of the Hispanic Society of America preserves today a significant part of theAltamiradocumentary collection that constitutes, together with the other collections distributed throughout Europe, a documentary collection of compulsory consultation for historians of the Dutch Revolt. ; La Colección Altamira, nombre con el que es conocido entre los historiadores modernistas el excepcional archivo atesorado durante siglos por los condes de Altamira, es uno de los fondos documentales más importantes para el estudio de la Monarquía Hispánica y en especial del reinado de Felipe II. La ruina de la Casa de Altamira provocó la dispersión de su archivo a partir de 1868, cuyos papeles fueron adquiridos por distintos compradores, entre los que se contaba Archer Milton Huntington, fundador de “The Hispanic Society of America”. El magnate adquirió la colección de libros y manuscritos del marqués de Jerez de los Caballeros, única en su género, y cuyos papeles en una gran parte eran de procedencia Altamira. The Library of the Hispanic Society of America conserva hoy una parte significativa del acervo documental Altamira que constituye, junto a los demás fondos repartidos por Europa, un repositorio documental de obligada consulta para los historiadores de la Revuelta de los Países Bajos.