1.2 dissatisfaction in the Netherlands

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1.2 dissatisfaction in the Netherlands

learning questions

1. How did the central government of Charles V work? 

2. Why did the Iconoclastic Fury start and what were its consequences? (petition / field preaching / Iconoclastic Fury)

Aiming for centralised government

• - Charles V ruled a huge empire
• - The Netherlands were divided in 17 provinces with different
• rules and privilege
• - Charles wanted centralised government to pay for his wars
• - In 1555 Philips II took over, ruling from Spain
• - A governor ruled all the Netherlands
• - A Stadholder helpt to rule each province
• - William of Orange was stadholder for Holland, Utrecht and 
• Zeeland

Three reasons for resistance

• Dutch nobles didn't want centralised government
• The Dutch didn't want permanent taxes 
• Philips II was catholic and persecutes protestants 

In 1566 William of Orange handed a petition 

to governor Margaret of Parma. Please don't be so cruel

The Iconoclastic Fury

• In 1566, protestants at a field preaching  got angry at the worship of saints
• The angry protestants destroyed statues in the nearby monastery
• this spread across all of the Netherlands
• Philip was so angry he sent the Duke of Alva to restore order
• Many protestants fled, including William of Orange

learning questions

1. How did the central government of Charles V work? 

2. Why did the Iconoclastic Fury start and what were its consequences? (petition / field preaching / Iconoclastic Fury)