War of Hooks and Cod


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The War of Hooks and Cod, Dutch Hoekse in Kabeljauwse twisten, is a civil war that took place in Holland and West Friesland in the 14th and 15th centuries, from 1350 to 1490.

This conflict was led by the Counts of Holland, but the real cause was the power struggle between the urban bourgeoisie and the dominant nobility. the party of Cabillauds was composed in the majority of bourgeois of the progressive cities of Holland. That of the Crochet party represented the conservative nobility.

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