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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 canonical | 5 |
| Calvinist iconoclasm | 1 |
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Target entity: Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 Context triple: [Habsburg Netherlands, significantEvent, Iconoclastic Fury of 1566]
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Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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Affair of the Placards
The Affair of the Placards was a 1534 anti-Catholic propaganda incident in France, in which radical Protestant posters denouncing the Mass were publicly displayed, sharply escalating religious tensions that helped set the stage for the later French Wars of Religion.
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Huguenot rebellions
The Huguenot rebellions were a series of early 17th-century uprisings by French Protestants against the Catholic monarchy, driven by religious tensions and struggles over political and civil rights.
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Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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Trial of the Seventeen
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 Target entity description: 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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A.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
Affair of the Placards
The Affair of the Placards was a 1534 anti-Catholic propaganda incident in France, in which radical Protestant posters denouncing the Mass were publicly displayed, sharply escalating religious tensions that helped set the stage for the later French Wars of Religion.
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C.
Huguenot rebellions
The Huguenot rebellions were a series of early 17th-century uprisings by French Protestants against the Catholic monarchy, driven by religious tensions and struggles over political and civil rights.
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D.
Peasants’ War
The Peasants’ War was a major 1524–1525 uprising of German peasants and lower classes, inspired in part by Reformation ideas, that sought social and economic reforms and was brutally suppressed by the nobility.
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E.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Calvinist uprising
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event in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ iconoclastic movement ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ |
| cause |
Calvinist opposition to religious images
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anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ economic hardship in the Low Countries ⓘ persecution of Protestants ⓘ resentment of Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
destruction of images considered idolatrous
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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
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Duke of Alba's repression in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Beeldenstorm
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Iconoclastic Fury ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
confiscation of church property
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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
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present-day Belgium ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Luxembourg
present-day Netherlands ⓘ |
| notableEventAt |
Amsterdam
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Antwerp Cathedral ⓘ Ghent ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Margaret of Parma
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Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| opposedReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Belgium
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history of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ history of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Reformation
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surface form:
Protestant Reformation
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| religiousMovement | Calvinism ⓘ |
| significantFor | outbreak of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ |
| startTime | 1566-08 ⓘ |
| targeted |
Catholic churches
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altarpieces ⓘ church interiors ⓘ religious images ⓘ reliquaries ⓘ saints' statues ⓘ |
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Subject: Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 Description of subject: 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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