The Rise of the Dutch Republic
A History
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.