Newsletters
Historical libraries and archives keep a good number of news printed in the territories of the former Hispanic Monarchy on events that occurred in the kingdom of Poland, which undoubtedly shows the interest they aroused. The objective of this work is to delve into the characteristics of this informative literature based on the analysis of the data stored in the Catalog and Digital Library of News Pamphlets (CBDRS), which offers a corpus of ninety-four newsletters. From the reading of the texts and their study it is clear which topics were of interest, who were involved in the process of creating and publishing the information (authors, translators, printers, publishers) and the places and dates of publication. It is found that there was an informative circuit between Poland and Spain that provided news to the entire Peninsula through the mail and the good work of diplomats and religious, who fulfilled the obligation to report to their superiors. Said news circulated throughout the Hispanic geography printed in workshops located in different peninsular cities, which shows the interest that what happened in Poland aroused as it was a natural ally of the Hispanic Monarchy against the Ottoman enemy.
