Spanish fury

noun

Definitions

  1. A vindictive or rampant bloody pillage of cities in the Low Countries by Spanish regular…

    A vindictive or rampant bloody pillage of cities in the Low Countries by Spanish regular or mutinous troops between the years 1572–1579, during the Dutch Revolt.

    • The most famous Spanish fury was the sack of Antwerp in 1576.

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