Iconoclastic Fury of 1566
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The Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 was a wave of Calvinist-inspired attacks on Catholic churches and religious images across the Low Countries that helped ignite the Dutch Revolt against Spanish Habsburg rule.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Calvinist uprising
ⓘ
event in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ iconoclastic movement ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| cause |
Calvinist opposition to religious images
ⓘ
anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ economic hardship in the Low Countries ⓘ persecution of Protestants ⓘ resentment of Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
destruction of images considered idolatrous
ⓘ
organized Calvinist preaching ⓘ spontaneous popular uprisings ⓘ |
| chronology | preceded the formal start of the Eighty Years' War in 1568 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| country | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| endTime | 1566-10 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Council of Troubles
ⓘ
Duke of Alba's repression in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Beeldenstorm
ⓘ
Iconoclastic Fury ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
confiscation of church property
ⓘ
destruction of religious art ⓘ escalation of tensions in the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ radicalization of Calvinist opposition ⓘ strengthening of Spanish repression ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Low Countries
ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Luxembourg
present-day Netherlands ⓘ |
| notableEventAt |
Amsterdam
ⓘ
Antwerp Cathedral ⓘ Ghent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Margaret of Parma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Belgium
ⓘ
history of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ history of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Reformation
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestant Reformation
|
| religiousMovement | Calvinism ⓘ |
| significantFor | outbreak of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ |
| startTime | 1566-08 ⓘ |
| targeted |
Catholic churches
ⓘ
altarpieces ⓘ church interiors ⓘ religious images ⓘ reliquaries ⓘ saints' statues ⓘ |
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