Anna van Schurman, the "Learned Maid" of this city, attended the university lectures of Gisbertus Voetius from behind a curtain.
Anna van Schurman, the "Learned Maid" of this city, attended the university lectures of Gisbertus Voetius from behind a curtain. A regent of Spain from this city accidentally set fire to Medina del Campo while trying to put down the Comuneros revolt and later became Pope Adrian VI. Religious tolerance was mandated by a 1579 "Union" named for this city, which was signed in reaction to the Union of Arras. Robert Harley's twelve "Tory Peers" ratified a treaty named for this city, by which Britain (*) gained a monopoly on the slave trade called the asiento, as well as the territories of Minorca and Gibraltar. That treaty named for this city confirmed the will of the sickly Charles II by making Philip V the King of Spain. For 10 points, name this Dutch city, the namesake of the treaty that ended the War of Spanish Succession.
Anna van Schurman, the "Learned Maid" of this city, attended the university lectures of Gisbertus Voetius from behind a curtain.
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