Why did the Iberian Union Fail?

The Iberian Peninsula is the home to two once-upon-a-time colonial empires that have survived as strong and sovereign nations, side by side, for many centuries. Often though, many wonder how this actually happened, and particularly, how Spain never managed to take over its smaller neighbor who was locked between Spain and the North Atlantic Ocean. Well, in reality, this actually almost happened at one point - although not in the way most may have expected…

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Bethell, Leslie -The Cambridge History of Latin America.

Luis Suárez Fernández, José Andrés Gallego - La Crisis de la hegemonía española, siglo XVII

Jean-Frédéric Schaub - Le Portugal Au Temps Du Conde-duc D'olivares

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