Dutch Wars of Independence
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Wars, Battles, Protestantism, Protestants, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, 17th Century European History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Netherlands
- Date: 1566-1648
Article abstract: At issue: Spanish authority and the future of Catholicism in the Low Countries. Result: Dutch victory, partition of the Low Countries, establishment of the Dutch Republic.
Background
In the sixteenth century, aristocrats, provincial states, and urban councils administered the Spanish Netherlands until King Philip II appointed officials who imposed new taxes and infringed on the autonomies of traditional authorities. Like his father Charles I, who became Holy Roman emperor Charles V, Philip opposed Protestantism, and concurrent with his...
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