Iconoclastic Fury

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event in the Eighty Years' War iconoclastic movement religious conflict

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.

Aliases (2)

Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm) ×2
Invectives ×1

Statements (47)

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	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 → Spanish Habsburg monarchy →
opposedTo	use of religious images in worship → veneration of saints →
participant	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 → Protestant Reformation →
significantPlace	Amsterdam → Antwerp → Bruges → Brussels → Ghent → Utrecht NERFINISHED →
startTime	1566 →
target	Catholic churches → altars → monasteries → religious images → stained glass windows → statues of saints →
timePeriod	16th century →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Margaret of Parma ("Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm)") → Margaret of Parma ("Iconoclastic Fury (Beeldenstorm)") →	notableEvent
Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 →	hasAlternativeName
Eighty Years' War →	keyEvent
Paul Verlaine ("Invectives") →	notableWork