The audience on stage. Shaping executions from below during the Dutch Revolt, 1560-1590 KU Leuven
The executions of the counts of Egmond and Horne are among the most memorable events of the Dutch Revolt. Under protestants and Catholics alike, the beheadings caused great public outrage. In historiography, these executions are mostly regarded as a self-evident part of the violent conflict. Indeed, in the sixteenth century executions were nothing special: they formed an intrinsic part of the juridical system. The outrage caused by the ...