For most of history, the Dutch have been an almost all-powerful force to be reckoned with. They were the forerunners for a lot of the world's exploration, and for a long time dominated the seas and trade routes through the stranglehold of the Dutch East India Company.In the preceding century, they were still under Spanish rule, with 2 of their kings, Charles the Fifth and his Son Phillip II, simultaneously ruling as the kings of Spain and the so-called Low Countries of The Netherlands.But the Dutch weren’t having any of this for long and at the first sign of mismanagement, made their feelings known.-------------------Please support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/foodhistorypod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patreon.com/foodhistorypod</a>-------------------Sources for this episode's research:<b></b><a href="https://www.picuki.com/tag/humanostrich" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a><ul><li><a href="https://www.historydefined.net/when-the-dutch-murdered-and-ate-their-own-prime-minister/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.historydefined.net/when-the-dutch-murdered-and-ate-their-own-prime-minister/</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Witt</a></li><li><a href="https://dutchreview.com/culture/dutch-history-crowds-ate-prime-minister/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://dutchreview.com/culture/dutch-history-crowds-ate-prime-minister/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/is-it-true-that-an-angry-mob-of-dutchmen-killed-and-ate-their-own-prime-minister-in-1672/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/is-it-true-that-an-angry-mob-of-dutchmen-killed-and-ate-their-own-prime-minister-in-1672/</a></li><li><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://allthatsinteresting.com/johan-de-witt</a></li></ul>This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/3591729/advertisement">https://www.spreaker.com/show/3591729/advertisement</a>

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