 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Kuchinja kwechiPurotesitendi kwakakwevera umambo hwacho zvakadzama mumatope ehondo dzechitendero. Mugumisiro wakanga uri nyika yakamanikidzwa kupinda mukuwedzera nguva dzose nhamburiko dzemauto muEurope mose nomuMediterranean. Pakazosvika pakati pemakumi emakore ehondo nedenda zvakapararira muEurope yezana ramakore rechi17, vaHabsburg vokuSpain vakanga vapinza nyika yacho mumakakatanwa ezvitendero nezvematongerwe enyika enyika. Kurwisana uku kwakapedza simba rayo ndokukuvadza upfumi hwaro hwose. Spain yakakwanisa kuramba ichitonga nzvimbo dzakawanda dzeumambo hweHabsburg hwakanga hwakapararira, uye yakabatsira mauto ehurumende yeRoma Dzvene kuti adzivise zvakawanda zvainge zvaitwa nemauto evaPurotesitendi, asi pakupedzisira yakamanikidzwa kubvuma kuti Portugal yakanga yapandukauye United Provinces, uye pakupedzisira vakatambura kudzokera shure kwakakomba kwechiuto kuFrance mumatanho ekupedzisira ehondo inoparadza zvikuru, yeEurope yose yeMakore Makumi Matatu. Muhafu yokupedzisira yezana remakore rechi17, Spain yakatanga kuderera zvishoma nezvishoma, panguva iyo yakapa nzvimbo duku dzinoverengeka kuFrance neEngland; zvisinei, yakachengeta nokuwedzera umambo hwayo hukuru hwokumahombekombe egungwa, hwakaramba huripo kusvikira pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi19. 