Una historia por descubrir: anotaciones para un estudio del diario carlista El Correo Español (ca. 1888-1921)

Abstract

El Correo Español was a newspaper with a long but eventful history. Founded, as is known, to make up for the absence of a newspaper of the stature of El Siglo Futuro after the nocedalist split of 1888, El Correo Español was the emblem of the reconstruction of the Catholic-Monarchist Communion during the Headquarters-Delegate of the Marquis of Cerralbo. The reform undertaken decades after its foundation turned it into an attractive newspaper that gained a considerable number of readers for a time. The problem, however, was caused by the economic hardships that the newspaper always suffered and the difficulties that the pretending kings Charles VII and James III had in effective control of both the property and the message transmitted to the Carlist militants and sympathizers, having account of the role played by such a gazette as a transmission belt of the Communion. This is a first sketch of the evolution of the newspaper, as well as its role in the construction of Carlist culture.

Keywords

• Carlism
• Traditionalist Press
• El Correo Español
• Carlos VII
• Jaime III
• Marquis of Cerralbo