Abstract
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.
Highlights
The Altamira Collection, the name by which the exceptional archive accumulated for centuries by the Counts of Altamira is 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
1868, the ruin of the Casa de Altamira caused the dispersion of the archive, whose papers were acquired by different buyers, including Archer Milton Huntington, founder of “The Hispanic Society of America”
The Library of the Hispanic Society of America preserves today a significant part of the Altamira documentary collection that constitutes, together with the other collections distributed throughout Europe, a documentary collection of compulsory consultation for historians of the Dutch Revolt
Summary
The Altamira Collection, the name by which the exceptional archive accumulated for centuries by the Counts of Altamira is 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. Five locations house major collections of papers of the reign of Philip II from the Altamira Archive: two in Madrid, and one each in London, Geneva and New York.
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