Enduring Fiery Persecution in Reformation Netherlands

It is not well known, but it is well documented, that the first martyrs of the Protestant Reformation came from the Lowlands. We normally associate the great persecution that took place in the Netherlands during the Reformation years with that dread name the Duke of Alva, as well we should. But the brutal slaughter of those in the Lowlands who dared adopt and confess the teachings of the Reformers did not begin with the Duke of Alva. It was under the Duke of Alva that such came to its...