History of the United Netherlands 4 Volume Set
History of the United Netherlands 4 Volume Set
£166.00
GBPAmerican historian John Lothrop Motley (1814–77) graduated from Harvard in 1831. During 1832 and 1833 he studied in Göttingen before returning to the United States. Already the author of two novels and numerous essays, he began to plan a history of the Netherlands, but, unable to find all the source material he needed in America, he returned to Europe in 1851, this time with his family. His first book on the subject was the widely acclaimed Rise of the Dutch Republic, which covered events up to 1584. Motley published this more ambitious four-volume sequel, covering events in the period 1584–1609, between 1860 and 1867. Topics include the alliance between Holland and England against Spain, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the international implications of the death of Elizabeth I, and the twelve-year truce imposed on the warring parties by the Treaty of Antwerp (1609).
Product details
November 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108036665
2400 pages
325 × 250 × 157 mm
3.52kg
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
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Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. Murder of the Prince of Orange
- 2. Relations of the Republic to France
- 3. Policy of England
- 4. Reception of the Dutch envoys at the Louvre
- 5. Position and character of Farnese
- 6. Policy of England
- 7. The Earl of Leicester
- 8. Forlorn condition of Flanders. Volume 2:
- 9. Military plans in the Netherlands
- 10. Should Elizabeth accept the Sovereignty?
- 11. Drake in the Netherlands
- 12. Ill-timed interregnum in the Province
- 13. Barneveld's influence in the Provinces
- 14. Leicester in England
- 15. Buckhurst sent to the Netherlands
- 16. Situation of Sluys
- 17. Secret treating between Queen and Parma
- 18. Prophecies as to the year 1588
- 19. Philip Second in his Cabinet
- 20. Alexander besieges Bergen-op-Zoom. Volume 3: Advertisement
- 21. Effect of the assassination of Henry III
- 22. Struggle of the United Provinces against Philip of Spain
- 23. Philip's scheme of aggrandizement
- 24. Prince Maurice
- 25. War in Brittany and Normandy
- 26. Return of Prince Maurice to the siege of Steenwyk
- 27. Negotiations between Queen Elizabeth and the States
- 28. Influence of the rule and character of Philip II
- 29. Effect of the death of Farnese upon Philip's schemes
- 30. Prince Maurice lays siege to Gertuydenberg
- 31. Formal declaration of war against Spain
- 32. Archduke-Cardinal Albert appointed governor of the Netherlands
- 33. Struggle of the Netherlands against Spain
- 34. Mission of the States to Henry to prevent the consummation of peace with Spain
- 35. Negotations between France and Spain
- 36. Commercial prospects of Holland
- 37. Military operations in the Netherlands. Volume 4:
- 38. Military events
- 39. Effects of the Nieuport campaign
- 40. Protraction of the siege of Ostend
- 41. Death of Queen Elizabeth
- 42. Siege of Ostend
- 43. Policy of the King of France
- 44. Equation between the contending powers
- 45. Preparations for the campaign of 1606
- 46. General desire for peace
- 47. A Dutch fleet under Heemskerk sent to the coast of Spain and Portugal
- 48. Internal condition of Spain
- 49. Peace deliberations in Spain
- 50. Movement of the Emperor Rudolph
- 51. Designs of Henry IV
- 52. Vote of the States-General on the groundwork of the treaty
- 53. Conclusion
- Index.
