Elizabeth
Traditionally, it's told the Netherlands revolted because of religion. In the 16th century the Protestant Netherlands were part of Catholic Spain. Another view is that the Dutch (nobles) became Protestant so they could revolt, and that they actually had economic motives for the revolt.
In France it was particularly influential. The French Protestant's had to escape to Germany.
Protestant Church in the Netherlands was created in 2004.
.Catholic AnswerThe main causes of the Catholic Reform were 1) sin and 2) the protestant revolt. The protestant revolt was also caused by sin.
The Protestant Revolt in Europe was initiated by Martin Luther. It started in 1517, when Luther published The Ninety-Five Theses.
Ulrich Zwingli
The protestant revolt ended with the northern part of the Holy Roman Empire and parts north becoming protestant - Scandavian, Belgium, also parts of Europe, the Netherlands, etc. Portugal, Spain, France, Austria, Sourthern Germany, and Italy remained Catholic. England, Scotland, and Wales had their own revolt leaving the Church, while Ireland remained Catholic.
The Protestant Revolt, also known as the Protestant Reformation.
In the 17th Century, the Spanish Crown had difficulty suppressing a revolt in the Netherlands because of the difficulty in raising an army.
First off, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . Secondly, Martin Luther never started a movement to reform the Catholic Church, Martin Luther LEFT the Catholic Church to start his own Church. Which is a completely different thing. That is commonly mislabeled as the protestant reformation, Catholics refer to it as the protestant revolt.
The Protestant Revolt
The Protestant Revolt, or Reformation.