The Rise of the Dutch Republic 3 Volume Set

Table of Contents

• Volume 1: Preface
• Historical introduction
• Part I. Philip the Second in the Netherlands. 1555–9:
• 1. The opening and closing scene
• 2. Saint Quentin and Gravelines
• 3. Philip's farewell to the Netherlands
• Part II. Administration of the Duchess Margaret. 1559–67:
• 1. Sowing the wind
• 2. The taciturn against King, Cardinal, and Elector
• 3. The Holy Inquisition
• 4. A mortal combat and fatal triumph
• 5. The harvest ripening
• 6. Compromise and moderation
• 7. The first whirlwind. Volume 2: Part II continued:
• 8. Prudent Philip
• 9. Blood shed and spared
• 10. The prologue finished
• Part III. Alva. 1567–73:
• 1. The reign of terror and the Council of Blood
• 2. Victims and champions
• 3. The Governor's triumph and the Infante's doom
• 4. The Liberator's first campaign
• 5. A tenth penny and a model murder
• 6. Long live the beggars
• 7. The Liberator conquered by St. Bartholomew
• 8. Three thorough massacres
• 9. Tyranny's tide begins to ebb
• Part IV. Administration of the Grand Commander. 1573–6:
• 1. Misery of Mook-Heath
• 2. The Leyden drama. Volume 3: Part IV continued:
• 3. Barren diplomacy and submarine laurels
• 4. The Hopper policy and the monster mutiny
• 5. The Antwerp fury ripens the Ghent concord
• Part V. Don John of Austria. 1576–8:
• 1. Lepanto's hero
• 2. The under side of the cards
• 3. A lion in the toils
• 4. The outlaw's return
• 5. The guardian of the Netherland bride and her suitors
• Part VI. Alexander of Parma. 1578–84:
• 1. A nation severed and a republic born
• 2. Triumphs of treason
• 3. Sterile conferences and teeming intrigues
• 4. Declaration of independence
• 5. Two elected sovereigns
• 6. The French fury and its results
• 7. A hero's death
• Index.
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