Egmont

In the fifteenth century Philip of Burgundy had usurped dominion over several of the provinces of the Netherlands, and through him they had passed into the power of his descendant, the Emperor Charles V.

在十五世纪，勃艮第的菲利普篡夺了荷兰几个省份的统治权，通过他，这些省份落入了他的后代查理五世皇帝手中。

This powerful ruler abolished the constitutional rights of the provinces, and introduced the Inquisition in order to stamp out Protestantism.

这位强大的统治者废除了省份的宪法权利，并引入宗教裁判所以根除新教。