History A-Level
Fall of Antwerp
What Fall of Antwerp means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Fall of Antwerp
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A prolonged siege beginning in 1584 in which Parma's pontoon bridge cut off the city before its 1585 surrender, securing Spanish control of the south.
Topics that use Fall of Antwerp
- Spain and the reconquest, 1573–84 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Act of Abjuration
- Assassination of Orange
- Duke of Anjou
- Parma's diplomacy
- Provincial particularism
- Union of Arras
- Union of Utrecht
- French Fury
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