Eternal edict

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As a result of the Ghent pacification and the armistice between the Spaniards and the Dutch on December 15, 1576, after long negotiations, the Eternal Edict arose between the governor of the Spanish Netherlands , Don Juan d'Austria , and the States General .

description

The conditions dictated by the States General were accepted by Don Juan on January 27, 1577 and signed on February 12 in Marche-en-Famenne in the Belgian Ardennes . By signing the "Eternal Edict", Don Juan undertook to recognize the Ghent pacification in its present form. 19 articles were formulated for this purpose. Don Juan also promised the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the Spanish Netherlands and a general amnesty. In return, the states promised to uphold the Catholic creed and to accept don Juan as soon as the Spanish troops had withdrawn. The States General also paid the arrears of wages to the German and Dutch troops in the royal army and agreed to dissolve after the last soldier had been paid in order to enable don Juan to hold a new meeting of estates in the form that they had at the Emperor Karl's abdication had to convene.

Contrary to the commitments he made in the Eternal Edict, don Juan attacked Antwerp surprisingly on August 1, 1577 .

literature

  • Parker, Geoffrey: The uprising in the Netherlands . Munich: Verlag Georg DW Callwey, ISBN 3-7667-0459-1
  • Rühle, Otto: Revolutions , Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Focus-Verlag, ISBN 3-920352-64-5