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The Dutch Revolt and the Pan-Protestant Literary Sphere

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In 1578, an English veteran of the Dutch Wars surveyed the victory over the Spanish at the battle of Rijmenant and wrote: “The year of his redeemed is come: neither will he give over the field any more till he hath utterly destroyed his enemies… and given perpetual rest to Israel, according as it is writen.”

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Chovanec, K. (2020). The Dutch Revolt and the Pan-Protestant Literary Sphere. In: Pan-Protestant Heroism in Early Modern Europe. Early Modern Literature in History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40705-6_2

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