The Spanish Fury: Inside the Sack of Antwerp

In 1576, the Spanish Army of Flanders—unpaid, starving, and mutinous—turned on the richest city in Europe. This episode takes you into the heart of the Spanish Fury, the three-day sack of Antwerp that left 8,000 dead and shattered the commercial heart of the Netherlands. We follow the mutineers from the citadel to the Town Hall, examine the breakdown of discipline in the tercios, and explore the aftermath: the Pacification of Ghent and the enduring trauma of a city that never fully recovered. Through the eyes of a contemporary account—the diary of a Flemish merchant—we witness the horror and the cold logic of soldiers who saw plunder as their only pay. No black legend, no whitewash: just the grim mechanics of a Renaissance army collapsing into violence. #SpanishFury #SackOfAntwerp #Tercios #EightyYearsWar #SpanishArmyOfFlanders #Antwerp #MilitaryHistory #Mutiny #PacificationOfGhent #DukeOfAlba #SanchoDVila #16thCentury #Netherlands #SpanishEmpire #WarCrimes #History #FexingoHistory #EuropeanHistory #SpainHistory #Reconquista Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo