Pacification of Ghent

The Pacification of Ghent, signed on 8 November 1576, was an alliance between the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands.^[1] The main objectives were to remove Spanish mercenaries who had made themselves hated by all sides due to their plundering, and to promote a formal peace with the rebellious provinces of Holland and Zeeland.

^ Baelde, M. (1979). "The Pacification of Ghent in 1576: Hope and Uncertainty in the Netherlands". "The Pacification of Ghent in 1576: Hope and Uncertainty in the Netherlands." The Low Countries History Yearbook 1978. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 1–17. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9294-8_1. ISBN 9789400992948.

[main_citation-1] Baelde, M. (1979). "The Pacification of Ghent in 1576: Hope and Uncertainty in the Netherlands". "The Pacification of Ghent in 1576: Hope and Uncertainty in the Netherlands." The Low Countries History Yearbook 1978. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 1–17. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9294-8_1. ISBN 9789400992948.

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