History A-Level
Union of Utrecht
What Union of Utrecht means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Union of Utrecht
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A defensive league signed in January 1579 by Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and their allies against Spanish rule and the Catholic Union of Arras, becoming the constitutional basis of the Dutch Republic.
Topics that use Union of Utrecht
- Spain and the reconquest, 1573–84 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Act of Abjuration
- Assassination of Orange
- Duke of Anjou
- Fall of Antwerp
- Parma's diplomacy
- Provincial particularism
- Union of Arras
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