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Hace 1 día · In 1584, William the Silent was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard, after Philip had offered a reward of 25,000 crowns to anyone who killed him, calling him a "pest on the whole of Christianity and the enemy of the human race".
Hace 4 días · Balthasar Gérard was a French Catholic and an admirer of King Philip II of Spain. So, when Philip offered a 25,000 crown bounty for anybody willing to assassinate his political enemy, the Dutch revolutionary and Protestant Prince William the Silent, Gérard jumped at the opportunity.
Hace 5 días · A prisoner who was sentenced to be drawn and quartered was subject to one of the most disgusting and cruel methods of execution available. It involved a person being hanged, disemboweled, beheaded, and then cut into pieces.
20 de may. de 2024 · Assassinations which took place on the continent of Europe include the following. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious or political reasons.
29 de abr. de 2024 · The assassination in 1584 of William the Silent by Balthasar Gérard led to outrage and retaliation from the Dutch against the Spanish. It further fueled the determination of the Dutch to fight for their independence, escalating the conflict between the two sides.
7 de may. de 2024 · Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian who rejected the ultraconservatism of the French schismatic archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the progressive views of the Swiss theologian Hans Küng in favour of a deeply personal spirituality.
Hace 5 días · Following Catholic Emancipation in 1829, six works of Christian poetry in the Welsh language by Richard Gwyn, five carols and a satirical Cywydd composed in Wrexham Gaol following the assassination of Dutch Revolt leader William the Silent by Balthasar Gérard, were discovered and published.
