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Frontiers and Finance Shake Naples Era Ambitions
An analysis from the Hague letter notes 28 000 troops near the Ecclesiastical State’s frontiers defending against Austrian designs. It cites heavy taxes and Spanish troop burdens as fueling discontent, alongside a proposed French siege of Maastricht and a Provence expedition. Dutch officials debate removing the Austrian garrison to deter France, while urging firm action to expel French gains in the Low Countries.
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