Nieuwpoort 1600A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War. The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords. However, it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spains failed invasion of 1599 and the subsequent mutinies convinced Dutch leaders that they should take the offensive. This campaign