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GENERAL PREFACE

v

PROLOGUE

vii-ix

I. The Bugundian Netherlands

1-11

II. Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands

12-26

III. The Prelude to the Revolt

27-46

IV. The Revolt of the Netherlands

47-68

V. William the Silent

69-81

VI. The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic

82-109

VII. The System of Government

110-118

VIII. The Twelve Years' Truce

119-126

IX. Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt

127-138

X. From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce
     to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648.
     The Stadtholder ate of Frederick Henry of Orange

139-158

XI. The East and West India Companies.
     Commercial and Economic Expansion

159-185

XII. Letters, Science and Art

186-201

XIII. The Stadtholder ate of William II.
     The Great Assembly

202-211

XIV. Rise of John de Witt.
     The First English War

212-224

XV. The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665,
     from the Peace of Westminster to
     the Out-break of the Second English War

225-235

XVI. The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672.
    The Second English War.
    The Triple Alliance.
    The French Invasion

236-250

XVII. War with France and England.
     William III, Stadtholder .
     Murder of the brothers De Witt, 1672

251-257

XVIII. The Stadtholder ate of William III, 1672-1688

258-273

XIX. The King-Stadtholder , 1688-1702

274-284

XX. The War of the Spanish Succession and
     the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715

285-297

XXI. The Stadtholder less Republic, 1715-1740

298-305

XXII. The Austrian Succession War and
     William IV, 1740-1751

306-315

XXIII. The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766

316-320

XXIV. William V. First Period, 1766-1780

321-326

XXV. Stadtholder ate of William V ( continued ),
     1780-1788. The English War.
     Patriot Movement. Civil War.
     Prussian Intervention.

327-336

XXVI. The Orange Restoration.
     Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795

337-343

XXVII. The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806

344-356

XXVIII. The Kingdom of Holland and
     the French Annexation, 1806-1814

357-366

XXIX. The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815

367-375

XXX. The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union
     of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830

376-388

XXXI. The Belgian Revolution.
    The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842

389-404

XXXII. William I abdicates.
     Reign of William II.
     Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849

405-410

XXXIII. Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872

411-418

XXXIV. The later reign of William III,
    and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898

419-425

XXXV. The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917

426-428

EPILOGUE

429-432

BIBLIOGRAPHY

433-444

MAPS
     THE NETHERLANDS, about 1550
     THE NETHERLANDS, after 1648

After p. 444

INDEX

445-464