Dutch Reformation

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The Dutch Reformation was the 16th- and 17th-century Protestant religious movement in the Low Countries that led to the rise of Calvinism, the formation of the Dutch Reformed Church, and played a central role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant movement
historical event
religious reformation movement
chronologicalRelation contemporary with the broader European Reformation
conflictWith Anabaptists in the Low Countries
linked to: Radical Reformation

Arminianism
contributedTo Dutch struggle for independence from Spain
development of Dutch national identity
formation of the Dutch Republic
rise of a Calvinist political elite
toleration policies in the Dutch Republic
country Low Countries
doctrinalOutcome Canons of Dort
Heidelberg Catechism adoption
endTime 17th century
hasPart Calvinist iconoclasm
Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

confessionalization of the Dutch Republic
spread of Reformed congregations
influencedBy Huldrych Zwingli
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Reformation
languageOfWorship Dutch
locatedIn Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
mainChurch Dutch Reformed Church
mainConfession Reformed confession
mainTheologicalCurrent Calvinism
opposedBy Philip II of Spain
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Spanish monarchy
politicalContext Habsburg rule over the Low Countries
Spanish attempts at religious uniformity
religiousTradition Protestantism
result conflict between Protestants and Catholics
decline of Roman Catholic dominance in the northern Low Countries
establishment of the Dutch Reformed Church as public church in the Dutch Republic
religious pluralism in the Dutch Republic
strengthening of provincial and urban autonomy
significantEvent Dutch Revolt
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years War
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Iconoclastic Fury
Synod of Dort
Union of Utrecht
formation of the Dutch Reformed Church
rise of Calvinism in the Low Countries
socialImpact growth of a Protestant bourgeois culture in Dutch cities
startTime 16th century

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Reformed Congregations rootedIn Dutch Reformation
Guido de Brès participantIn Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) historicalRoots Calvinist Reformation
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Swiss Reformation influenced Reformation in the Netherlands
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Bishopric of Mechelen significantEvent Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Bishopric of Haarlem reasonForSuppression Protestant Reformation in the Northern Netherlands
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Bishopric of Haarlem partOfConflictContext Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Oudewater hasHistoricalAssociation Dutch Reformation
Louise de Coligny associatedWith Reformation in the Netherlands
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Baron of Breda religiousContext Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Old Church notablePeriod Dutch Reformation
Martin Rythovius historicalContext Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation
Bishop of Ypres associatedWithEvent Reformation in the Low Countries
linked to: Dutch Reformation