Catholic Identity and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1520-1635

by Judith Pollmann

Book Overview

The Revolt that ripped apart the sixteenth-century Netherlands began as a rebellion against Habsburg authority but it eventually became a war of religion that resulted in the formation of two new states. Although the Southern Netherlands ultimately witnessed the triumph of the militant Catholicism of the Baroque, Catholics throughout the Low Countries found that the Revolt had changed their lives forever. Mining the unusually rich diaries, memoirs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198867352
• ISBN13: 9780198867357
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"