Editing Hoorn (section)

=== The Dutch Revolt ===
The revolution in Hoorn occurred without bloodshed. The town’s middle classes, after a futile attempt to assert Hoorn’s wish to garrison neither the [[Army of Flanders|Spanish army]] nor the rebel [[Geuzen|Sea Beggars]], and after much debate, voted to open the city’s gates to the Beggars. By that time, Hoorn had already been flanked by the Beggar control of nearby [[Enkhuizen]] and [[Medemblik]], and many rebellious exiles from earlier troubles returned to influence the town’s politics.<ref>{{cite book |title=Treason in the Northern Quarter: War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt |last=van Nierop |first=Henk |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2009 |pages=63-67}}</ref>