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00:00 Intro
00:51 Visit with Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte to the Binnenhof parliament complex in The Hague at the spot where his first predecessor, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, was executed.
03:49 Visit to Van Oldenbarnevelt's archive and discussion of his instrumental role in creating unity amongst the seven Northern Netherlands and the resulting Union of Utrecht, the basis for the Dutch Republic.
05:59 Discussion with vice minister Ben Knapen, biographer of Van Oldenbarnevelt, about similarities between the Dutch Republic and the European Union
09:59 Looking for Van Oldebarnevelt's burial place in the vanished Hofkapel court chapel in the Binnenhof complex.
12:42 Van Oldenbarnevelt's statue and why his death is a painful national trauma, especially for the Dutch royal family
14:20 Stadtholder prince Maurits of Orange's role in Van Oldenbarnevelt's trial and the start of their relationship
14:42 Visit to the battlefield of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, a turning point in the 80 Years' War of the Dutch against the Spanish
18:34 Re-enactment of an 80 Year's War battle and discussion of Maurits's legacy as a military innovator
20:56 Prince Maurits's reaction to the battle of Nieuwpoort and growing distrust of Van Oldenbarnevelt
24:09 The Twelve-Year Truce between the Dutch and the Spanish
26:02 Visit to Maurits's living quarters in the Binnenhof and religious conflicts in the Dutch Republic
29:57 Maurits's cornering of Van Oldenbarnevelt in national politics
31:29 Arrest of Van Oldenbarnevelt by prince Maurits; visit with writer Thomas Rosenboom to the Knight's Hall where he was incarcerated
33:15 Kangaroo court preparing Van Oldenbarnevelt's trial and his beheading
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