Council of Troubles in the Netherlands

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court of law instrument of repression special tribunal

The Council of Troubles in the Netherlands was a harsh special tribunal established by the Duke of Alba in the 1560s to suppress dissent and prosecute opponents during the early stages of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule.

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Label	Occurrences
Council of Troubles in the Netherlands canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of law ⓘ instrument of repression ⓘ special tribunal ⓘ
activeDuring	1560s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bloedraad ⓘ Council of Blood ⓘ Council of Troubles ⓘ
appliesLegalPrinciple	confiscation of property ⓘ retroactive prosecution ⓘ
appliesTo	Protestant reformers ⓘ nobility suspected of treason ⓘ supporters of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
appointedBy	Philip II of Spain ⓘ
causeOf	increased resentment against Spanish rule ⓘ radicalization of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
characterizedBy	harsh repression ⓘ mass trials ⓘ use of capital punishment ⓘ
country	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dissolved	1576 ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Luis de Requesens ⓘ surface form: Requesens y Zúñiga
establishedBy	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo ⓘ surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba Philip II of Spain ⓘ
governingAuthority	Duke of Alba de Tormes ⓘ surface form: Duke of Alba
historicalPeriod	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt Eighty Years' War ⓘ
inception	1567 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	extraordinary tribunal ⓘ
locatedIn	Low Countries ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
notableAction	trial and execution of Counts of Egmont and Hoorn ⓘ
notableVictim	Lamoral, Count of Egmont ⓘ Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn ⓘ
opposedBy	Dutch nobility ⓘ Protestant communities in the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf	Habsburg policy of centralization ⓘ Administration of the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish rule in the Netherlands
purpose	prosecution of political and religious opponents ⓘ repression of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ
religiousContext	Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ
significantEvent	mass condemnations for heresy and treason ⓘ
subordinateTo	King of Spain ⓘ

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Iron Duke → notableWork → Council of Troubles in the Netherlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba