Bloedraad

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Bloedraad is the Dutch name for the Council of Blood, a notorious special tribunal established by the Duke of Alba in the 16th century to prosecute and suppress opposition in the Spanish Netherlands.

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Bloedraad canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
historical institution ⓘ
special tribunal ⓘ
activeDuring 1560s ⓘ
1570s ⓘ
appliesTo political opponents of Spanish rule ⓘ
suspected heretics ⓘ
suspected rebels ⓘ
appointedBy Philip II of Spain ⓘ
authorityFrom Philip II of Spain ⓘ
country Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dissolved 1570s ⓘ
establishedBy Duke of Alba ⓘ
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ⓘ
field criminal justice ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Council of Troubles ⓘ
hasDutchName Bloedraad ⓘ
hasEnglishName Council of Blood ⓘ
hasReputation notorious for cruelty ⓘ
symbol of Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands ⓘ
historicalContext Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War
historicalPeriod Eighty Years' War ⓘ
inception 1567 ⓘ
jurisdiction Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
knownFor harsh repression ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
political trials ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis royal commission of Philip II ⓘ
locatedIn Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Low Countries ⓘ
notableChairperson Duke of Alba ⓘ
notableMember Hessels ⓘ
Luis de Requesens ⓘ
Vargas ⓘ
opposedBy Dutch nobles ⓘ
Protestant communities in the Low Countries ⓘ
partOf Spanish administration in the Netherlands ⓘ
purpose prosecution of rebels ⓘ
repression of opposition ⓘ
suppression of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict ⓘ
victim Lamoral, Count of Egmont ⓘ
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn ⓘ
many suspected heretics ⓘ
many suspected rebels ⓘ

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