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Originally Posted by Vasconcelos
So from your perspective Portugal never truly separated from Spain?
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Technically, yes.
From a Statal perpective Portugal and Spain are separated, but Spain is more than a State.
Is like in the Reconquista, there was not a Spanish State there were five Kingdoms, but Spain existed, it was called "Regnum Hispaniae", it was an idea.
That's why I said that Spain can not dissapear.
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It was suggested previously to me that it was in England's interest to ensure that Portugal remained separate from Spain by fueling hostilities between Portugal and Castile. Perhaps someone could elaborate on this?
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Portugal choose the path of the secession because the Conde-Duque de Olivares" was a centralist and the reason why Portugal is now independent is because Olivares sent the Tercios to Catalonia and not to Portugal.
Perhaps today we could be discussing about Spain and Catalonia and not about Spain and Portugal.
There was a interesting article in Hispanismo.org about Portugal.
Portugal, realidad del patriotismo hispánico.
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