Netherlands Revolt Consequences of Spanish repression:  Rebellion against laws and governors  Protestants fled Low Countries for England and Germany  Iconoclasm—wave of violence against images in churches (Calvinistic) Duke of Alba sent with 10,000 Spanish troops to restore order  Spanish atrocities under Alba spurred rebellion  Repression with execution of over 1,000 rebels Alba established Council of Troubles  known to the people as the Council of Blood) to judge those involved with the rebellion and the iconoclasm.
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