The Spanish Road was an important land and
trade route connecting the
Habsburg's possessions in the
Low Countries with Northern
Italy, where the Spanish crown's possessions more or less surrounded the
Papal states.Historian
Geoffrey Parker, in his 1972 book The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 1567-1659, focused on the Spanish Road's importance in supplying troops and resources to the Army of Flanders during the Dutch Revolt and later.
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