Maurice, a slow-moving tactician, has spent over…

August 1618 CE

Maurice, a slow-moving tactician, has spent over than a year year in reinforcing his position throughout the union, until, on August 29, 1618, he suddenly imprisons Oldenbarnevelt, together with some of his closest collaborators, chief among whom is his informal “crown prince,” Hugo Grotius, pensionary of Rotterdam.

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The Hague > 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Netherlands View →

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Hugo Grotius View → Johan van Oldenbarnevelt View → Maurice of Nassau View →

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Calvinists View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence) View →

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