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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 634738, member: 2844&quot;]Repression of anything or anyone Catholic started during the 80 years war, 1568-1648. Even though Catholics fought as much for freedom as Protestants, and the first murdered Dutch leaders, Egmont and Horne were both Catholic, the Dutch Protestants started to see Catholics as the enemy. Just because the Spanish they were trying to kick out were Catholics who repressed the Protestant faith.</p><p><br /></p><p>Egmont and Horne still don&#039;t have a proper memorial here in the Netherlands, (ungrateful so-and-so&#039;s), but at least they are honoured in Brussels:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Brussels_Statue_Egmont_and_Horne_01.jpg/800px-Brussels_Statue_Egmont_and_Horne_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some more on the historical background of Het Rijke Roomse Leven (apologies to the others, it is in Dutch only):</p><p><a href="https://www.brabantserfgoed.nl/page/3880/het-rijke-roomsche-leven" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brabantserfgoed.nl/page/3880/het-rijke-roomsche-leven" rel="nofollow">https://www.brabantserfgoed.nl/page/3880/het-rijke-roomsche-leven</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And socio-cultural aspects (again, Dutch only<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):</p><p><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijke_Roomse_Leven" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijke_Roomse_Leven" rel="nofollow">https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijke_Roomse_Leven</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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