Key dates of the Dutch Revolt 1559-1609
Revision particularly for the factual knowledge of the dutch revolt mainly focusing on the key dates.
- Created by: Sophie
- Created on: 31-05-09 17:39
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2. When was the event of the Segovia Letters (when Philip refused the advice of the grandees to relax anti-heresy measures and insisted that the grandees implement it)?
- 1540
- 1565
- 1560
- 1567
- 1568
3. What date did the Netherlands see a release in tensions for 4 decades with public calvinist preaching and iconoclasm?
- 1570
- 1566
- 1565
- 1555
4. What were the two main reasons for the eruption of violence in 1566?
- Economic discontent & the growth of heresy
- Bad weather & immigration
- Political discontent & economic discontent
5. Name some economic reasons for discontent by 1566
- Bad harvest of 1555, merchants feared a resident inqusition would damage trade, the textile industry collapsed due to english exports diverted to germany, Philip used the Netherlands to fund wars abroad.
- High taxes brought about to fund Philip's own lavish lifestyle.
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