| Twelve Years' Truce |
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| Dutch |
Twaalfjarig Bestand |
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| Context |
- In 1609 Spain and the Dutch rebels agreed upon a Twelve Years' Truce.
- During the Twelve Years' Truce there occured a big religious dispute in the Netherlands.
- Nowadays a truce is often called a cease fire or an armistice. The latter is mostly used to indicate temporary truces, like the Twelve Years' Truce in the Netherlands.
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| Explanation |
| An armistice in the war between Spain and the Dutch that lasted from 1609 till 1621. After that the fighting continued untill 1648 when a definite peace treaty was signed. |
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