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History of Holland, George Edmundson, Contents

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
C.F. CLAY, MANAGER
LONDON: FETTER LANE, E.C.4

HISTORY OF HOLLAND

BY

GEORGE EDMUNDSON
D. LITT., F.R.G.S., F.R.HIST.S.

SOMETIME FELLOW OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD HON. MEMBER OF THE DUTCH HISTORICAL SOCietssY, UTRECHT FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE NETHERLAND SOCietssY OF LITERATURE, LEYDEN

CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1922


TABLE OF CONTENTS
   

page

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

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