El Duque de Liria a su paso por Polonia

Abstract

This essay sets forth the impressions of the Duke of Berwick on his way through Poland in the beginning of the 18th century. We analize the image of Poland through texts from the book Diario del Viaje a Moscovia, which is considered to be the key to the study of Spanish-Russian relations. The intention of the present work is to focus on the fragments dealing with the critical situation that Poland was undergoing in the first half of the 18th century, seen through the eyes of a historical figure who is fully conscious of the importance of the moment.