Compromise of the Nobles

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The Compromise of the Nobles was a 1566 petition by a group of lesser nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands demanding moderation of anti-heresy laws, which helped spark the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
petition
political event
addressee Margaret of Parma NERFINISHED
Philip II of Spain
regent of the Habsburg Netherlands
appliesToJurisdiction Habsburg Netherlands
chronology early phase of the Dutch Revolt
country Habsburg Netherlands
describedAs Compromise of the Nobles self-linksurface differs
surface form: Compromis des Nobles

Compromise of the Nobles self-linksurface differs
surface form: Compromise of the Netherlandish Nobility
followedBy Beeldenstorm
Iconoclastic Fury of 1566
goal greater political influence for the local nobility
moderation of anti-heresy laws
protection of traditional provincial privileges
suspension of the Inquisition in the Netherlands
hasCause Council system of the Spanish Monarchy
surface form: centralization policies of Philip II of Spain

religious persecution of Protestants
strict enforcement of anti-heresy laws
hasEffect encouraged open resistance to royal authority
increased political tension in the Habsburg Netherlands
sparked the Dutch Revolt
strengthened opposition to Spanish rule
hasPart list of noble signatories
text of the petition
historicalPeriod Eighty Years' War
Reformation
language French
location Low Countries
Netherlands
mainSubject anti-heresy legislation
governance of the Habsburg Netherlands
religious toleration
participant Calvinist sympathizers
Catholic nobles seeking moderation
lesser nobility of the Habsburg Netherlands
partOf causes of the Dutch Revolt
pointInTime 1566
politicalAlignment opposition to Spanish absolutism
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict in the Low Countries
significantEvent Eighty Years' War
surface form: Dutch Revolt
significantFigure Hendrik van Brederode
Lodewijk van Nassau
surface form: Louis of Nassau

Margaret of Parma NERFINISHED
Philip II of Spain
temporalContext reign of Philip II of Spain

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Margaret of Parma notableEvent Compromise of the Nobles
Unie van Brussel relatedTo Compromise of the Nobles
this entity surface form: Compromise of Nobles
Compromise of the Nobles describedAs Compromise of the Nobles self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Compromis des Nobles
Compromise of the Nobles describedAs Compromise of the Nobles self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Compromise of the Netherlandish Nobility