The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt

by Mr Graham Darby (Editor), Graham Darby (Editor)

Overview

The Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the sixteenth century was a formative event in European history. The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt brings together in one volume the latest scholarship from leading experts in the field, to illuminate why the Dutch revolted, the way events unfolded and how they gained independence. In exploring the desire of the Dutch to control their own affairs, it also questions whether Dutch identity came about by accident.
The book makes the most recent research available in English for the first time, focusing on:
* the role of the aristocracy
* religion
* the towns and provinces
* the Spanish perspective
* finance and ideology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415253796
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/26/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mr Graham Darby, Graham Darby

Table of Contents

Introduction, ByGraham Darby; Chapter 1 Narrative of events, ByGraham Darby; Chapter 2 Alva's Throne – making sense of the revolt of the Netherlands, ByHenk van Nierop; Chapter 3 The nobles and the revolt, ByHenk van Nierop; Chapter 4 Religion and the revolt, ByAndrew Pettegree; Chapter 5 The towns and the revolt, ByGuido Marnef; Chapter 6 The grand strategy of Philip II and the revolt of the Netherlands, ByFernando González de León, Geoffrey Parker; Chapter 7 Keeping the wheels of war turning; Revenues of the province of Holland, 1572–1619, ByJames D. Tracy; Chapter 8 From Domingo de Soto to Hugo Grotius; Theories of monarchy and civil power in Spanish and Dutch political thought, 1555–16091, ByMartin van Gelderen;

Editorial Reviews

Graham Darby has assembled a strong group of writers to produce a sound and judicious survey of what is a very formative event in the history of early modern Europe.

History

'Graham Darby has assembled a strong group of writers to produce a sound and judicious survey of what is a very formative event in the history of early modern Europe.' – History

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