Northern Low Countries
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The Northern Low Countries is a historical region in northwestern Europe encompassing the northern part of the Low Countries, roughly corresponding to much of present-day Netherlands.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
North Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coastType | low-lying coastal plain ⓘ |
| containsLandscape |
estuaries
ⓘ
polders ⓘ river deltas ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Southern Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalHistory | heartland of the Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| economicHistory |
major center of early capitalism
ⓘ
major center of maritime trade ⓘ |
| formerSovereign |
Habsburg Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early Modern period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalReligionDominant | Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReligionMinority | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalTermUsedIn | Dutch historiography ⓘ |
| includesHistoricalTerritory |
Bishopric of Utrecht
GENERATED
ⓘ
County of Holland GENERATED ⓘ County of Zeeland GENERATED ⓘ Duchy of Guelders GENERATED ⓘ Friesland GENERATED ⓘ Lordship of Groningen GENERATED ⓘ Lordship of Overijssel GENERATED ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Dutch
ⓘ
Frisian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
northwestern Europe ⓘ |
| majorCityHistorical |
Amsterdam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Meuse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheldt (northern branches) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernSuccessorState | Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalDevelopment |
core area of the Dutch Revolt
ⓘ
core of the emerging Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| religiousHistory | center of the Protestant Reformation in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Netherlands ⓘ |
| seaAccess | North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subregionOf | Low Countries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.