The main reasons for the uprising were the imposition of new taxes, the tenth penny, and the religious persecution of Protestants by the Spanish Inquisition. The revolt escalated into the Eighty Years' War, which ultimately led to Dutch independence.[26] Strongly pushed by Dutch Revolt leader ...
In his 1821 play,Almansor, the German writerHeinrich Heine— referring to the burning of theMuslimholy book, theQur'an, during theSpanish Inquisition— wrote, "Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings." ("Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am...