Iconoclastic Fury

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Iconoclastic Fury was a wave of Protestant mob attacks on Catholic churches and religious images in the Low Countries in 1566, which helped ignite the broader conflict of the Eighty Years' War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Eighty Years' War
iconoclastic movement
religious conflict
alsoKnownAs Beeldenstorm
cause Protestant opposition to Catholic religious images
economic hardship in the Low Countries
resentment of Spanish rule
spread of Calvinist preaching
chronology preceded the open revolt of the Dutch against Spain
country Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
hasEffect contributed to outbreak of the Eighty Years' War
destruction of Catholic church interiors
destruction of religious images
escalation of tensions in the Low Countries
hasPart Beeldenstorm
languageUsed Dutch
French
mainLocation Habsburg Netherlands
Low Countries
natureOfAttack mob violence
opponent Philip II of Spain
Habsburg Spain
surface form: Spanish Habsburg monarchy
opposedTo use of religious images in worship
veneration of saints
participant Calvinism
surface form: Calvinist Protestants

Catholic clergy
partOf history of Belgium
history of the Netherlands
history of the Spanish Empire
religion Calvinism
Roman Catholicism
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict
Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
significantPlace Amsterdam
Antwerp
Bruges
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Ghent
Utrecht
startTime 1566
target Catholic churches
altars
monasteries
religious images
stained glass windows
statues of saints
timePeriod 16th century

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Eighty Years' War keyEvent Iconoclastic Fury
Paul Verlaine notableWork Iconoclastic Fury
this entity surface form: Invectives
Margaret of Parma (governor) notableEvent Iconoclastic Fury
subject surface form: Margaret of Parma
this entity surface form: Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm)
Margaret of Parma notableEvent Iconoclastic Fury
this entity surface form: Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm)
Dutch Reformation significantEvent Iconoclastic Fury