1. The Lutheran Reform. The Burgundian State. Origins of the
Reformation. Persecution. The Anabaptists.
2. The Calvinist Revolt. National feeling against Spain. Financial
difficulties of Philip II. Egmont and William of Orange. The new
bishoprics. The Compromise. The "Beggars." Alva's reign of terror.
Requesens. Siege of Leyden. The Revolt of the North. Division of the
Netherlands. Farnese. The Dutch Republic.