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Arminianism
The doctrine of James Arminius or Harmensen (d. 1609), a Dutch Protestant theologian whose views were opposed to those of Calvin, especially on predestination.
Count of Nassau Maurice
(1567–1625),Stadtholder of the United Provinces and (from 1618) prince of Orange, was the second son of William of Orange, the grandson (through his mother) of Maurice of Saxony, and ...
Dutch East India Company
A chartered company established (1602) under the aegis of Prince Maurice of Nassau to coordinate the activities of companies competing for trade in the East Indies and to act as an arm of the Dutch ...
Dutch Revolts
(1567–1648)The struggle by the Netherlands for independence from Spain. The Low Countries formed part of the Spanish empire but the tactlessness of the Council of Regency for Philip II alienated the ...
Hugo Grotius
(1583–1645)Dutch jurist and diplomat. His fame rests on the legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis, written in exile in Paris and published in 1625, which established the basis of modern international ...
Philip Massinger
(1583–1640).His father was the trusted agent of the Herbert family, to members of which the playwright addressed various dedications and poems. He became the chief collaborator of J. Fletcher after ...
Revolt of the Netherlands
(1567–1609).In the early 1550s the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands were territories of the duchy of Burgundy. The duke was the Emperor Charles V, and the duchy of Burgundy ...
Synod of Dort
(1618–19). The assembly of the Dutch Reformed Church convened at Dort (Dordrecht) by the States-General to deal with the Arminian controversy. It passed five articles asserting unconditional ...
United Provinces
In 1579 the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands (initially Friesland, Gelderland, Holland, Utrecht, and Zeeland and subsequently Groningen and Overijssel) formed a federation known as the ...
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