Hey Guys,
I'm doing an essay on what the Dutch may've wanted to have achieved from the Dutch Revolt, I've gone on, at length, about the religious reasons of getting religious freedom for the Calvinists etc.
However now I'm looking at centralisation of the Low Countries in the Empire and I'm looking at the issue of taxation. I was hoping someone may have examples of how Philip II had tried to centralise the Netherlands as well as any information on the level of taxation he imposed on the Dutch. My lecturer said it was 80% but I can't find any numbers, so any help would be appreciated.
Also if you could include any references that'd be great!
I'm doing an essay on what the Dutch may've wanted to have achieved from the Dutch Revolt, I've gone on, at length, about the religious reasons of getting religious freedom for the Calvinists etc.
However now I'm looking at centralisation of the Low Countries in the Empire and I'm looking at the issue of taxation. I was hoping someone may have examples of how Philip II had tried to centralise the Netherlands as well as any information on the level of taxation he imposed on the Dutch. My lecturer said it was 80% but I can't find any numbers, so any help would be appreciated.
Also if you could include any references that'd be great!