ПИРАТЫ, СОЗДАВШИЕ СТРАНУ: Как изгои одолели Испанскую империю.

   • Поворотные моменты истории: Битвы и событи...   On April 1, 1572, April Fools' Day, a handful of ragged pirates, driven from all directions and driven by a storm, seized the small Dutch port of Brielle in desperation. They called themselves the "Sea Gueuzes"—Beggars of the Sea. This random, almost suicidal act sparked the all-consuming fire of the Eighty Years' War—the Netherlands' great struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. IN THIS STORY YOU WILL LEARN: *HOW AN INSULT BECAME A PROUD NAME.* The story of how the Dutch nobility, who came with a petition to the Spanish governor, were contemptuously called "beggars" (gueuze), and how this nickname was immediately seized upon by the opposition, becoming the battle cry of an entire nation. *THE AGE OF TERROR: THE IRON DUKE OF ALBA.* We will immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of horror that reigned with the arrival of the Spanish punitive army. Learn about the "Bloody Council," thousands of executions, and how the Duke of Alba's merciless terror did not break, but rather hardened, the people's will to resist. *THE APRIL FOOL'S DAY THAT CHANGED HISTORY.* Witness the pivotal moment of the uprising—the accidental and daring capture of Brielle. How an event the Spanish dismissed as a minor pirate prank triggered a domino effect, raising all of Holland and Zeeland in rebellion. *BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS: HOW THE DUTCH DROWNED THEIR LAND.* Relive the most dramatic moments of the war: the heroic sieges of Haarlem, Alkmaar, and Leiden. Learn how the rebels, in order to save besieged Leiden, resorted to their last weapon—opening the floodgates and flooding their own country so their fleet could come to their aid right across the fields. *FROM PIRATES TO FATHER OF THE NATION: A DOUBLE LEGACY.* Who were the Sea Gueuze? Ruthless murderers and religious fanatics who drowned Catholic priests in blood? Or heroic liberators who, on their flimsy ships, laid the foundations of a great maritime power and one of the first republics in Europe? Join us to discover the story of how a handful of desperate exiles challenged the world's most powerful empire and won. Sleep Lectures, Bedtime Stories, Bedtime Stories