Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van
Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van ( 1547 – 1619 )Dutch statesman and lawyer who played a key role in the Dutch Revolts . A Calvinist and a keen supporter of William I (the Silent), he helped to negotiate the Union of Utrecht ( 1579 ). After 1586 , as leader of the Estates of Holland, he managed to impose unity on the diverse political, economic, and religious interests of the United Provinces . He negotiated a twelve-year truce with Spain in 1609 , but after this his political differences with Maurice of Nassau became part of a bitter internecine quarrel between two rival schools of Calvinism, and eventually Maurice had Oldenbarneveldt tried...
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