Supplement the Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Vol. 11 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Supplement the Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Vol. 11 When Charles V., in presence of a grand assembly at Brussels, transferred to his son Philip the sovereignty of the Netherlands, he leaned on William´s shoulder. Again, when Charles abdicated the empire, the same trusted prince was chosen to carry the imperial insignia to Ferdinand, King of the Romans. William fought in Philip´s war with France, and took part in the negotiations for the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis in 1559. He was also sent to France as one of the hostages for the execution of the treaty. While there, the bigoted, profligate And persecuting King Henry II. revealed to him a plot for the massacre of all Protestants in France and the Netherlands. The generous prince, though horrified at the project, prudently concealed his feelings. At a later time, when the incident was revealed, his discretion earned him the surname of "the Silent." In 1559 Philip appointed Margaret of Parma, who was a natural daughter of Charles V., to be regent of the Netherlands; but the real direction of affairs was in the hands of the Bishop of Arras, now made Archbishop of Mechlin, and afterwards notorious as the Cardinal Granvella. The majority of the people had accepted the Reformation; but Philip, desiring to crush out heresy, established the Inquisition on the Spanish model, which forthwith began its bloody work. The most prominent nobles, Orange, Egmont and Horn, protested against these violent proceedings. In 1561 they appealed to Philip to remove Granvella, and meantime withdrew from the council. It was at this time that William was married to the Lutheran Princess, Anne of Saxony, daughter of the Elector Maurice. The religious persecution went on in total disregard of the rights and liberties of the cities until even the regent Margaret found Granvella´s rule intolerable, and he withdrew to Burgundy. The hypocritical? Philip wrote friendly letters to Orange and other nobles. Meantime the affairs of the country were abandoned to disorder and corruption. William of Orange sought to obtain the abolition of the edicts in regard to heresy, liberty to convoke the States General, and the suppression of the Council. But Philip of Spain had far different views. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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