Spain sent the Duke of Alva to subdue the Netherlands. In quelling disorder he killed the people's hero, Count Egmont. From this story Goethe made a famous play. (Volume 19, Harvard Classics) Egmont sentenced to death June 4, 1658.  

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Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

JUN 4, 202216 MIN
Harvard Classics

Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

JUN 4, 202216 MIN

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Spain sent the Duke of Alva to subdue the Netherlands. In quelling disorder he killed the people's hero, Count Egmont. From this story Goethe made a famous play. (Volume 19, Harvard Classics)

Egmont sentenced to death June 4, 1658.