The Story of Nations - Holland

The Story of Nations - Holland  (1886)  by James Edwin Thorold Rogers

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HOLLAND

BY
JAMES E. THOROLD ROGERS

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND OF
ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS, KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON, AUTHOR OF
“THE ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY,” ETC.

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SECOND EDITION
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LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTMAN’S SONS
MDCCCLXXXIX

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter I: Early Days
• Chapter II: The Rise of the Chartered Towns
• Chapter III: The House of Burgundy
• Chapter IV: Charles the Headstrong
• Chapter V: Mary of Burgundy
• Chapter VI: Charles, Count of Flanders and Emperor
• Chapter VII: The Accession of Philip of Spain
• Chapter VIII: Margaret of Parma
• Chapter IX: Alva
• Chapter X: Requesens, the Grand Commander
• Chapter XI: Don John of Austria
• Chapter XII: Alexander of Parma
• Chapter XIII: The Last Years of William the Silent
• Chapter XIV: The Projects of Philip
• Chapter XV: Henry the Third and Elizabeth
• Chapter XVI: Antwerp and the Armada
• Chapter XVII: The Last Years of Parma
• Chapter XVIII: After the Death of Parma
• Chapter XIX: Dutch Enterprise
• Chapter XX: The Dutch Indies
• Chapter XXI: The Archdukes and the War
• Chapter XXII: The Universal East India Company
• Chapter XXIII: The Truce
• Chapter XXIV: The Bank of Amsterdam
• Chapter XXV: Religious Dissensions, and the Murder of Barneveldt
• Chapter XXVI: The Thirty Years’ War, and Renewal of Hostilities
• Chapter XXVII: Collisions Between England and Holland
• Chapter XXVIII: The Administration of John De Witt
• Chapter XXIX: To the Peace of Nimeguen
• Chapter XXX: From the Peace of Nimeguen to the English Revolution
• Chapter XXXI: The English Revolution
• Chapter XXXII: From the War of 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick 1697
• Chapter XXXIII: From the Peace of Ryswick to the Treaty of Utrecht
• Chapter XXXIV: The Internal Troubles of the Republic
• Chapter XXXV: Down Hill
• Chapter XXXVI: Holland to the Time of the Armed Neutrality
• Chapter XXXVII: From the War of 1781 to the Creation of Monarchy
• Chapter XXXVIII: Conclusion

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.