Bloedraad

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Bloedraad is the Dutch name for the Council of Blood, a notorious special tribunal established by the Duke of Alba in the 16th century to prosecute and suppress opposition in the Spanish Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court
historical institution
special tribunal
activeDuring 1560s
1570s
appliesTo political opponents of Spanish rule
suspected heretics
suspected rebels
appointedBy Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
authorityFrom Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
country Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
dissolved 1570s
establishedBy Duke of Alba NERFINISHED
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba NERFINISHED
field criminal justice
political repression
hasAlternativeName Council of Troubles NERFINISHED
hasDutchName Bloedraad NERFINISHED
hasEnglishName Council of Blood NERFINISHED
hasReputation notorious for cruelty
symbol of Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands
historicalContext Dutch Revolt NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Eighty Years' War NERFINISHED
inception 1567
jurisdiction Spanish Netherlands NERFINISHED
knownFor harsh repression
mass executions
political trials
languageOfWork Latin
Spanish
legalBasis royal commission of Philip II NERFINISHED
locatedIn Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Low Countries
notableChairperson Duke of Alba NERFINISHED
notableMember Hessels NERFINISHED
Luis de Requesens NERFINISHED
Vargas NERFINISHED
opposedBy Dutch nobles
Protestant communities in the Low Countries
partOf Spanish administration in the Netherlands NERFINISHED
purpose prosecution of rebels
repression of opposition
suppression of the Dutch Revolt
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict
victim Lamoral, Count of Egmont NERFINISHED
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn NERFINISHED
many suspected heretics
many suspected rebels

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