Egmont (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Johann Goethe
- First Published: 1788
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Brussels
- Principal Characters: Count Egmont, Clärchen, Brackenburg, The Duke of Alva, Margaret of Parma, William
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Freedom, Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Music or musicians, Sixteenth century, Netherlands or Dutch people, Spain or Spanish people, Inquisition
- Locales: Brussels, Belgium
The Story:
The people of The Netherlands were unhappy in the state of their homeland. Philip II of Spain was tightening his absolute control of the Lowlands, particularly in religious matters, for Philip was the main instrument of the Inquisition. A new regent had been appointed to administer his rule. The populace had hoped the office would go to Count Egmont, who, after his defeat of the French at Gravelines, had become a national hero. Besides, although Egmont was a Catholic, he treated Protestants with kindness, and he had even gone to Madrid to plead with Philip to lessen...
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