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.

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Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 canonical 6
Calvinist iconoclasm 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Calvinist uprising ⓘ
event in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
iconoclastic movement ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
cause Calvinist opposition to religious images ⓘ
anti-Catholic sentiment ⓘ
economic hardship in the Low Countries ⓘ
persecution of Protestants ⓘ
resentment of Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ
characterizedBy destruction of images considered idolatrous ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Duke of Alba's repression in the Netherlands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Beeldenstorm ⓘ
Iconoclastic Fury ⓘ
hasEffect confiscation of church property ⓘ
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 ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
present-day Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to: Luxembourg

present-day Netherlands ⓘ
notableEventAt Amsterdam ⓘ
Antwerp Cathedral ⓘ
Ghent ⓘ
opposedBy Margaret of Parma ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
opposedReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
partOf history of Belgium ⓘ
history of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
history of the Netherlands ⓘ
politicalContext Spanish Habsburg rule ⓘ
religiousContext Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
religiousMovement Calvinism ⓘ
significantFor outbreak of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
startTime 1566-08 ⓘ
targeted Catholic churches ⓘ
altarpieces ⓘ
church interiors ⓘ
religious images ⓘ
reliquaries ⓘ
saints' statues ⓘ

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Habsburg Netherlands → significantEvent → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ
Dutch Reformation → hasPart → Calvinist iconoclasm ⓘ
linked to: Iconoclastic Fury of 1566
Council of Blood → hasCause → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ
Raad van Beroerten → hasCause → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ
Antwerp Cathedral → sufferedEvent → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ
Compromise of the Nobles → followedBy → Iconoclastic Fury of 1566 ⓘ