⚔️¿España Invadió los Países Bajos con los TERCIOS Españoles del Duque de Alba? La VERDAD Histórica

🇪🇸Invaders?! I'm attending an Academy CONGRESS in Belgium! What words are used to describe the Duke of Alba? Did he really want to invade his own king's territories, such as the Netherlands? What positive and negative aspects do I take away from my experience? Can we talk about the Tercios from outside the Academy? Would Belgium have existed without the actions of Governor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo? Why is Farnese a protector and Alba an invader? A lecture by Javier Rubio. ⚔️The book is now AVAILABLE on Amazon 👉🏻 https://amzn.to/40XhMIY 📚My book "The Footprint of Spain in Flanders" is now ON SALE 👉🏻 https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-la... 🔥"The Tercios are Spanish or multinational depending on when it suits them," says Javier Rubio (director of Hidden Trenches). Want to receive articles, event information, and notifications of upcoming Hidden Trenches videos? I've been thinking about creating a monthly newsletter 👉🏻 bit.ly/3XIPiBA 🗣️ “The questions aimed to demonstrate that interesting research is also taking place outside of academia.” 💭 Did you know that Philip “the Handsome” wanted to create a colony in Spain dependent on Flanders? Did you know that Flanders was only one of the Seventeen Provinces? That the Duke of Alba refused to come to these lands and considered his stay a “trap of exile” orchestrated by his enemies at the court of Madrid? That the causes of the Eighty Years' War go beyond a religious civil conflict between Catholics and Protestants? 👏🏻 Javier Rubio Monte is the director of Hidden Trenches. He currently lives in Brussels researching the reigns of Charles V and Philip II. He writes articles about the 16th century for the "History" section of VozPópuli. 🔗 "Hidden Trenches" Twitter: https://x.com/JavierRubioTO 🔥The HISTORY of the Spanish Strait of Hormuz! Spain's Footprint in the Persian Gulf - Iran - 📗 My book "Spain's Footprint in Flanders" 👉🏻 https://amzn.to/40XhMIY The Spanish Footprint in Flanders invites us to rediscover one of the most forgotten—yet most decisive—epics in the history of Spain and Europe: the presence of the Spanish Monarchy in the former Low Countries. Javier Rubio reconstructs, with documentary rigor and narrative skill, the political, cultural, religious, and military role played by the Spanish in lands where much of the destiny of modern Europe was forged. IN THE FLANDERS, SPAIN DID NOT ONLY FIGHT: IT LEFT A PROFOUND MARK OF FAITH, ART, AND CIVILIZATION. Through previously unpublished letters, diplomatic accounts, and chronicles of the period, the author rescues the human dimension of historical figures such as Philip II, the Duke of Alba, and William of Orange, freeing them from the prejudices inherited from centuries of propaganda and the Black Legend. The work illuminates the complex web of interests that linked—and pitted against each other—Brussels, Madrid, Rome, and Vienna, as well as the political and cultural work carried out by Spain in a territory that still bears that imprint in its architecture, art, language, and historical memory. 🕛 VIDEO TIMELINE 🕛 00:00-00:55 What will you see in this video? 00:55-02:10 Buy the book now! AVAILABLE! 👉🏻 https://amzn.to/40XhMIY 02:10-04:00 What was the Congress of the Academy in Brussels? 04:00-08:00 A multinational army or a Spanish occupation army? 08:00-14:45 The question of the Duke of Alba in Belgium and the Netherlands... Invader or protector? 14:45-17:26 My question to the Hispanist Geoffrey Parker 17:26-21:40 My opinion on why the Duke of Alba and the Tercios were not "invaders" 21:40-23:30 The Duke of Alba doesn't build a statue to his glory! 23:30-26:00 My opinion of Margaret of Parma and my questions! 26:00-29:37 The things I learned and liked most about the Congress 29:37-32:20 My conclusion about the Spanish Tercios of Flanders 32:20-32:38 Can we reach 200 Likes? #Tercios #ArmyofFlanders #Flanders #DukeofAlba #Spain #PhilipII 📩 Collaborations / Sponsorships: [email protected] 💥Want to become a YouTube Member? You can do it here! 👉🏻    / @trincherasocultas   💥Want to SUPPORT "Hidden Trenches"?💡 Buy us a COFFEE here 👉🏻  / trincherasocultas