Philippe De Commynes (1447 - c. 1511) parla de regions fidels i regions explotades

This is either dynamite (looking at France, but equally applicable to Spain!), or well known to historians - which I am not, though both my parents were ;-)
The cannon-fodder regions "versus" the wealth-creating regions, and all to bolster up the regime!
Plus a juicy opinion about the origin of French - Spanish enmity.
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