The printing press was invented by 1450 Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz.
Take a guess, where is he from?
How could the printing press helped to spread the reformation?
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Work in pairs.
Get a piece of paper.
Talk about and write down an answer for this question.
"What are the similarities between the Germans states in the Low Countries in the days of Charles V?"
Hint: Treaty of Ausburg
timer
3:00
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Homework check
Ch 6.4 exercise 1, 3 till 11.
pay attention to each other.
do you have a different aswer? Just ask, sometimes there's more than one correct answer.
correct your answer.
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Lesson objectives
You know what the Iconoclastic Fury was.
You can name the consequences of the Iconoclastic Fury.
You know who William of Orange was.
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Reasons for rebellion.
The gewesten wanted to keep their own laws. Also, they did not want to pay more taxes. It made it even worse that the tax money was used by Spain to fight wars against countries that were trading partners of the Low Countries.
The people in The Low Countries hated the way Philip II treated protestants. He had a special court named the inquisition to hunt down and burn protestants.
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Trying to bargain..
The nobles of the Low Countries tried to convince the governor, The Duchess of Parma, to get Philip II to stop punishing the protestants and end the centralisation. They wrote the Compromise of Nobles.
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Down with the Catholic Church!
In 1566, in the lower part of The Low Countries, in the city of Steenvoorde an angry crowd destroyed a Catholic Church.
In a few months time all over the Low Countries Catholic Churches were smashed to bits. This was called the Iconoclastic Fury.
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The start of a war.
Philip II was outraged.
He send an army led by the Duke of Alva.
The Duke of Alva had to track down and punish the protestants who took part in the Iconiclastic Fury.
He used the Counsil of Troubles for this job.
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The Dutch Anthem
So....
Anyone knows the lyrics?
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6.4
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Go to work
Read 6.5.
Do question 1, 2, 3, on page 87 to 90, in pairs or in a group of three. You can quietly discus with the person next to you
Lesson duration is: 60 min
