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Article: Putting politics in perspective: It could be Gibraltar, then us.(Comment)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 10, 2002
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Byline: Alex Kane
The War of the Spanish Succession lasted 11 years, from 1702 to 1713, during which a number of European and continental powers combined to try and prevent French influence running from Belgium to the Straits of Gibraltar, and from Milan to Mexico and Manila.
Among wars of the largest scale, the War of the Spanish Succession was the first in which religion counted for little, the first in which commerce and sea power were the principal stakes, the first in which English money was liberally used in Continental politics, and the first that ...