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Table of Contents 1. Learning Outcomes 2. Introduction 3. Renaissance movement: 4. Reformation Movement: 5. Dutch Declaration of Independence, 1581 6. Glorious Revolution and English Bill of Rights, 1689 7. Summary 1. Learning Outcomes To understand various political, religious and cultural developments during period between 1215 and 1689 in Europe To understand the significance of each of The Act of Abjuration (nl|Plakkaat van Verlatinghe; es|Acta de Abjuración|lit=placard of [ [abjuration]]) is the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt. Modern History Sourcebook: The Dutch Declaration of Independence, 1581 [Thatcher Introduction] Toward the end of the Middle Ages, many of the large cities of the Netherlands had bought or won charters giving them many rights of freedom, but when Charles V came to the throne of Spain he disregarded these charters. Dutch Independence Act of Abjuration, 1581 Toward the end of the Middle Ages, many of the large cities of the Netherlands had bought or won charters giving them many rights of freedom, but when Charles V came to the throne of Spain he disregarded these charters. When Calvinism spread over the Low Countries he introduced the Inquisition and tried to root it out. Philip II of Spain increased the "The Act of Abjuration is the English translation of the Plakkaat van Verlating, the Dutch Declaration of Independence, signed on 26 July 1581 in The Hague. Editor’s note: Popularly known as ‘the Dutch Declaration of Independence,’ this document — formally entitled the Act of Abjuration — Plakkaat van Verlatinghe in Dutch (literally “placard of desertion”) — was the collective product in July 26, 1581 of leaders of a group of northern Dutch provinces who asserted their independence from Spanish rule. Though it is not altogether nre: act; law Summary Overview In July 1581 a coalition of Dutch provinces in the northern portion of the Low Countries known as the United Prov-inces issued a declaration to pronounce their independence from Spa. In 1581, the northern provinces formally declared independence as the United Provinces of the Netherlands, a move solidified by military successes and external alliances, including support from England and France. The declaration given belowthe first in modern times brings forward prominently the great idea that rulers are responsible to the people and can be deposed by them. The growth of this idea is center of the development of constitutional and republican government. The Act of Abjuration: Edict of the States general of the United Netherlands by which they declare that the king of Spain has forfeited the sovereignty and government of the a-foresaid Netherlands, with a lengthy explanation of the reasons thereof, and in which they forbid the use of his name and seal in these same countries, July 26, 1581 The Dutch Declaration of Independence, signed on July 26, 1581, was formally called the Act of Abjuration or, in Dutch, the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe. A coalition of Dutch provinces in the northern portion of the federation called the United Provinces issued the declaration to pronounce their independence from Spanish rule under King Philip II. A literal English translation of Plakkaat van The Eighty Years' War[g] or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand; c. 1566/1568–1648) [h] was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands [i] between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch nobility and cities. After the initial stages, Philip II In the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, from 1581, the Spanish king Philip II is no longer recognized as the king of the Netherlands. As a declaration of independence, it marks the birth of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The Act of Abjuration (Dutch: Plakkaat van Verlating) of 26 July 1581, with which the States General abjured the King of Spain as their overlord, can be seen as the Dutch Declaration of Independence and is therefore the first of its kind worldwide. This is the conclusion of our board member Anton van Hooff in his book Het Plakkaat van Verlating en de Declaration of Independence, published 26 The act of abjuration : the Dutch Declaration of Independence (1581) Publication date 2014 Topics United States. Declaration of Independence, Plakkaat van Verlatinghe -- Influence, Declaration of Independence (United States), Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Netherlands -- History -- Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 -- Sources, Netherlands Editor’s note: Popularly known as ‘the Dutch Declaration of Independence,’ this document — formally entitled the Act of Abjuration — Plakkaat van Verlatinghe in Dutch (literally “placard of desertion”) — was the collective product in July 26, 1581 of leaders of a group of northern Dutch provinces who asserted their independence The Act of Abjuration (Dutch: Plakkaat van Verlatinghe; Spanish: Acta de Abjuración, lit. 'placard of abjuration ') is the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, dated in our assembly at the Hague, the six and twentieth day of July, 1581, indorsed by the orders of the states-general, and signed J. De Asseliers. The Act of Abjuration and the Declaration of Independence "All these considerations give us more than sufficient reason to renounce the King of Spain, and seek some other powerful and more gracious prince to take us under his protection." -- Act of Abjuration (Dutch: Plakkaat van Verlatinghe), 1581 Independence By adopting the Act of Abjurtion, on 26 July 1581, the States General, the representative body of the provinces of the Netherlands, declared themselves independent from the Spanish king Philip II. This makes the Act of Abjuration one of the birth documents of the independent Dutch state.
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