Category
page 1Habsburg Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands
parts of the Netherlands held by the Spanish crown (1581-1714)
Seventeen Provinces
Union of states in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries

stadtholder
thumb|William the Silent was a stadtholder during the [[Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire.]]
In the Low Countries, a stadtholder ( , ) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a provincial and later national leader. The stadtholder was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and Habsburg period (1384 – 1581/1795).
States General
legislature of the Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
polity ruled by the Habsburg House from 1482 to 1795
Flemish painting
paintings from Flanders from the early 15th century until the 17th century
renaissance in the Low Countries
Cultural period
Treaty of Senlis
1493 treaty between Austria and France
Great Council of Mechelen
supreme court in the Burgundian Netherlands