Note 1514 — Chapter XV
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The revolt took place on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1572. On the whole subject of the revolt of the Netherlands at this time see Janssen, History of the German People, VIII, chap. ii; La Gravière, “Les Gueux de Mer,” Revue des deux mondes, September 15, 1891, p. 347; November, 1891, p. 98; January 15, 1892, p. 389.