17th Century
Her Visions Emptied Spain's Treasury
A cloistered mystic's visions convinced a king to spend his empire's entire treasury on a single, impossible military campaign.
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Download on the App StoreSpanish Empire17th CenturyThirty Years WarMilitary HistoryReligious MysticismPhilip IVBattle of RocroiImperial DeclineCatholic ChurchEuropean PoliticsFranceNetherlands
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