Synod of Dordt Part 8: Prince Maurice Takes Action

By 1617-18, the theological and political situation in the Netherlands had become tense. The truce would end in only three more years. What would happen when the war with Spain resumed, and the Netherlands was divided between Remonstrants and Gomarists? At the moment, the Netherlands was on the brink of a civil war between Prince Maurice, with the Gomarists, and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the Remonstrants. The Remonstrants were seen as being soft toward Spain, and Prince Maurice feared they...