Confraternity of the Arquebusiers of Antwerp

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The Confraternity of the Arquebusiers of Antwerp was a civic militia guild in Antwerp composed of firearms-bearing burghers that played a prominent social, religious, and defensive role in the city during the early modern period.

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Antwerp civic militia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civic militia guild
early modern militia organization
religious confraternity
activeInCentury 16th century
17th century
18th century
activeInPeriod early modern period
associatedWith Antwerp city government NERFINISHED
guild culture in the Low Countries
basedIn Antwerp NERFINISHED
country Belgium
governedBy guild regulations
hasCharacteristic corporate self-governance
military training of citizens
religious patronage
urban privilege
hasFunction defense of city walls
maintenance of public order
marksmanship competitions
organization of feasts and banquets
participation in religious processions
hasMemberType firearms-bearing burghers
hasOrganizationalForm confraternity
guild
hasPurpose defense of municipal liberties
representation of members in civic ceremonies
hasRole ceremonial guard
civic guard duty
religious organization
social organization
urban defense
languageOfMembers Dutch
locatedIn Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
militaryBranch infantry
operatedWithin Antwerp city walls NERFINISHED
partOf Antwerp civic militias NERFINISHED
relatedTo Confraternity of the Crossbowmen of Antwerp NERFINISHED
Confraternity of the Longbowmen of Antwerp NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
socialStatusOfMembers burgher elite
typeOfMilitia shooting guild
usedWeapon arquebus
weaponTechnology early firearm

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siege of Antwerp combatant Confraternity of the Arquebusiers of Antwerp
subject surface form: Siege of Antwerp
this entity surface form: Antwerp civic militia
The Descent from the Cross commissionedBy Confraternity of the Arquebusiers of Antwerp