"Scholars have assumed that peace was broadly welcomed, especially among the English mercantile community. Yet many merchants had made vast fortunes from the war, through privateering or opening trade routes with Spain’s imperial territories."

Source: Alexandra Gajda, War, peace and commerce and the Treaty of London (1604), Historical Research, 2023;, htad011, https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htad011 #History #England #Spain #C17th #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons