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Compromise

Dutch history
Also known as: League of Nobles
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  • Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne

    …in the formation of the Compromise, or League of Nobles, a group of 400 lesser nobles who petitioned for an end to the Inquisition, the tribunal established to discover and punish heresy. This league was largely responsible for the anti-Roman Catholic uprisings in 1566–67 and further government repressions after the…

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    …in the formation of the Compromise, or League of Nobles, a group of 400 lesser nobles who petitioned for an end to the Inquisition, the tribunal established to discover and punish heresy. This league was largely responsible for the anti-Roman Catholic uprisings in 1566–67 and further government repressions after the…

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