Created in 1567 to suppress a local rebellion that escalated into a conflict of empires between Habsburg Spain and the rising Dutch Republic, the ‘Spanish’ Army of Flanders (1567-1713) became both a crossroads and a crucible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of military migrants from across the European continent.
The aim of the ETAF project is to conduct a comprehensive prosopographical study of the Army of Flanders, from the command level down to the rank and file, and to publish the results using state-of-the-art online digital tools.