The Shadow War: Elizabeth I vs The Catholics (Part 4)

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Leicester’s rigid Puritanism pleased hardcore Calvinists and alienated the broader Dutch rebel population, which favored religious coexistence.
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Drake captured and ransomed Santo Domingo and Cartagena, then dismantled Santo Domingo brick by brick to force Spanish payment.
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A rebel fire ship blew up part of Parma's pontoon bridge and killed 800 Spanish soldiers. The bridge was repaired.
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Philip Sidney was shot above the left knee at Zutphen. The musket ball shattered the bone, and extraction worsened the wound.
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Antwerp’s exodus transferred commercial talent northward and helped make Amsterdam the leading city of seventeenth-century capitalism.
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Around 60,000 of Antwerp’s 100,000 residents left north, including bankers and merchants, badly damaging the city.
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The Dutch surrendered Brill, Flushing, and Rammekens as cautionary towns, giving England hostages and control of Antwerp’s maritime approaches.
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At 17, Philip Sidney witnessed the 1572 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in Paris, reinforcing his militant Protestantism and bond with Francis Walsingham.
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How would Mary, a Catholic female prisoner opposite the youthful Protestant Sidney, shape the story of secrets and conspiracies?
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The Dutch Revolt permanently split the northern and southern provinces of the former Spanish Netherlands, creating the modern Netherlands-Belgium divide.
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A Spanish victory over Dutch Protestant rebels would create a hardened army and a secure launchpad for invading England.
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William of Orange’s assassination nearly broke the Dutch rebels, removing their leader as Alexander Farnese pressed them with exceptional skill.
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The Treaty of Nonsuch sent 6,350 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to the Dutch rebels, with Elizabeth I paying the expedition.
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By 1588, Spanish victories against the Dutch Revolt made a battle-hardened army threatening England directly.
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At Zutphen on 22 September 1586, English forces fought well but could not stop Spanish troops entering the town.
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In September 1586, Leicester captured the Spanish-held town of Doesburg in his first major offensive.
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Leicester demanded offensive action from others while refusing to attack himself, damaging his reputation and frustrating Sidney.
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The Treaty of Nonsuch was the future Dutch Republic’s first treaty with a foreign power.

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