What if ... Philip II had gone to the Netherlands? Geoffrey Parker considers the far-reaching consequences of a sudden change of plan by the king of Spain in 1567.

From: History Today | Date: August 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

THE DUTCH REVOLT lasted longer than any other uprising in European history, from 1566 to 1648; and it involved more continuous fighting than any other war of early modern times, from 1572 to 1607 (with only a six months' ceasefire in 1577) and from 1621 to 1647. The rebellion arose from the combination of two separate developments: the spread of Protestant ideas--Lutheran, Anabaptist, above all Calvinist--throughout the Netherlands despite savage persecution by the central government in Brussels; and the mounting opposition of some noble members of that central government to the ...

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