Espías del imperio

As a consequence of the Black Legend, the history of the secret services of the Hispanic Monarchy, with its lights and shadows, has been ignored and despised by most of the foreign "specialists", and has hardly been disclosed, despite its significance in wars and political structures of the time. It is an indisputable fact that the Spain of the 16th and 17th centuries had the most dynamic and effective intelligence services of its time and that the network of agents working for Hispanic interests was a decisive tool in political and economic decision-making. and military.