History of the United Netherlands
From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce – 1609
4 Volume Set
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- Author: John Lothrop Motley
- Date Published: November 2011
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- isbn: 9781108036665
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American 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).
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- Date Published: November 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108036665
- length: 2400 pages
- dimensions: 325 x 250 x 157 mm
- weight: 3.52kg
- availability: Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
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.
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