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 ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
regent of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
chronology early phase of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
country Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
describedAs Compromis des Nobles ⓘ
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 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 Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War
significantFigure Hendrik van Brederode ⓘ
Louis of Nassau ⓘ
linked to: Lodewijk van Nassau

Margaret of Parma ⓘ
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 Nobles ⓘ
linked to: Compromise of the Nobles
Compromise of the Nobles → describedAs → Compromis des Nobles ⓘ
linked to: Compromise of the Nobles
Compromise of the Nobles → describedAs → Compromise of the Netherlandish Nobility ⓘ
linked to: Compromise of the Nobles
Sea Beggars → relatedTo → Compromise of Nobles ⓘ
linked to: Compromise of the Nobles