Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601
The frequent mutinies in the Army of Flanders confronted the Spanish-Habsburg authorities with both military-strategic and political dilemmas. Although military rebellion violated moral and religious laws of authority, rulers depended on the army for the preservation of their state, or the power an...
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The frequent mutinies in the Army of Flanders confronted the Spanish-Habsburg authorities with both military-strategic and political dilemmas. Although military rebellion violated moral and religious laws of authority, rulers depended on the army for the preservation of their state, or the power and dominion on which the integrity of their realms depended. This article focuses on the negotiations that the Spanish-Habsburg authorities conducted with their rebel soldiers in order to regain their support. One case, the negotiations during the great mutiny of Hamont (1599-1601), not only sheds new light on the practical solution to the dilemma of mutiny, but also provides insight into contemporary political discourse concerning civil and military rebellion applied to concrete moments of decision-making. Reactions of authorities were suffused with political realism and directed at the interest of the state.
De vele muiterijen in het Habsburgse leger in de Nederlanden plaatsten overheden zowel militair-strategisch als politiek in een lastige positie. Militaire opstand was in strijd met moreel-religieuze wetten van koninklijk gezag, maar tegelijkertijd waren autoriteiten afhankelijk van het leger bij het behoud van hun staat, oftewel de macht en heerschappij die de basis vormden voor de samenhang van de Spaanse monarchie. Dit artikel richt zich op de onderhandelingen die de Spaans-Habsburgse autoriteiten voerden met hun opstandige soldaten om van hun diensten gebruik te kunnen blijven maken. Als casus biedt het onderhandelingsproces rond de muiterij van Hamont (1599-1601) niet alleen uniek inzicht in de praktische uitweg uit het dilemma van muiterij, maar ook in het contemporaine politieke discours rondom militaire en civiele opstanden. De reacties van autoriteiten doordrongen van politiek realisme, en doordrongen van het belang van de staat.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea3682f0fb4042b99453876a25b9ade52022-12-22T03:14:31Zengopenjournals.nlBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review0165-05052211-28982016-06-011312Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601Lisa Kattenberg The frequent mutinies in the Army of Flanders confronted the Spanish-Habsburg authorities with both military-strategic and political dilemmas. Although military rebellion violated moral and religious laws of authority, rulers depended on the army for the preservation of their state, or the power and dominion on which the integrity of their realms depended. This article focuses on the negotiations that the Spanish-Habsburg authorities conducted with their rebel soldiers in order to regain their support. One case, the negotiations during the great mutiny of Hamont (1599-1601), not only sheds new light on the practical solution to the dilemma of mutiny, but also provides insight into contemporary political discourse concerning civil and military rebellion applied to concrete moments of decision-making. Reactions of authorities were suffused with political realism and directed at the interest of the state. De vele muiterijen in het Habsburgse leger in de Nederlanden plaatsten overheden zowel militair-strategisch als politiek in een lastige positie. Militaire opstand was in strijd met moreel-religieuze wetten van koninklijk gezag, maar tegelijkertijd waren autoriteiten afhankelijk van het leger bij het behoud van hun staat, oftewel de macht en heerschappij die de basis vormden voor de samenhang van de Spaanse monarchie. Dit artikel richt zich op de onderhandelingen die de Spaans-Habsburgse autoriteiten voerden met hun opstandige soldaten om van hun diensten gebruik te kunnen blijven maken. Als casus biedt het onderhandelingsproces rond de muiterij van Hamont (1599-1601) niet alleen uniek inzicht in de praktische uitweg uit het dilemma van muiterij, maar ook in het contemporaine politieke discours rondom militaire en civiele opstanden. De reacties van autoriteiten doordrongen van politiek realisme, en doordrongen van het belang van de staat. https://ojs.minions.amsterdam/article/view/6451Low CountriesHistoryPolitical cultureMilitaryRebellion |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Kattenberg Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review Low Countries History Political culture Military Rebellion |
| title | Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 |
| title_full | Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 |
| title_fullStr | Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 |
| title_short | Military rebellion and reason of state. Pacification of mutinies in the Habsburg Army of Flanders, 1599-1601 |
| title_sort | military rebellion and reason of state pacification of mutinies in the habsburg army of flanders 1599 1601 |
| topic | Low Countries History Political culture Military Rebellion |
| url | https://ojs.minions.amsterdam/article/view/6451 |
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