The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue)
General Preface, PrologueThe Burgundian NetherlandsHabsburg Rule in the NetherlandsThe Prelude to the RevoltThe Revolt of the NetherlandsWilliam the SilentThe Beginnings of the Dutch RepublicThe System of GovernmentThe Twelve Years' TruceMaurice and OldenbarneveldtFrom the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of OrangeThe East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .Letters, Science and ArtThe Stadholderate of William II. The Great AssemblyRise of John de Witt. The First English WarThe Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English WarThe last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French InvasionThe Stadholderate of William II. The Great AssemblyThe Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766William V. First Period, 1766-1780Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention.The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917Epilogue
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