Beggars, iconoclasts, and civic patriots: the political culture of the Dutch Revolt

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Princely triumphs : the consecration of Burgundian political authority -- Faithful to the king : associations of dissent -- Vivent les gueux! : iconoclasm, inversion, and the problem of authority -- Time, space, and the city : iconoclasm in Ypres, Ghent, and Antwerp -- A new idolatry : Alba as avenger and usurper of royal authority -- Spanish furies : sieges, sacks, and the city defiant -- Father of the fatherland : William of Orange as civic patriot -- Abjuration and assassination : the dilemma of authority.