James Tracy

The Founding of the Dutch Republic

War, Finance, and Politics in Holland, 1572-1588

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Produktbeschreibung

James D. Tracy offers a major re-evaluation of the Dutch Revolt and its role in the creation of a new Republic. He draws extensively on State records to illuminate the dominant influence of provincial towns in formulating a coherent strategy for the war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199209118
• ISBN-10: 0199209111
• Artikelnr.: 23908764

Autorenporträt

James D. Tracy is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: THE HABSBURG NETHERLANDS, 1549 - 1567
Prologue to Part I: Prince Philip's Tour of the Low Countries, 1549
1: The Habsburg-Valois School of War
2: War Finance and Fiscal Devolution
3: Holland as a Body Politic, I: The Habsburg Era, to 1567
PART II: WAR IN HOLLAND, OCTOBER 1572 - JULY 1576
Prologue to Part II: Repression, Rebellion, and Revolt, 1567 - 1572
4: Toward a Workable Strategy for Defensive Warfare
5: The New Fiscal Regime
6: Holland's Rulers: the Urban Oligarchies
PART III: HOLLAND AND THE 'CLOSER UNION,' TO 1582
Prologue to Part III: The States General at War with Spain
7: Holland's Garden
8: Paying for an Ever More Expensive War
9: Holland as a Body Politic, II: Seeds of Discord
PART IV: A NEW REPUBLIC, 1583 - 1588
Prologue to Part IV: Parma's Offensive, 1583 - 1588
10: The Securing of Holland's Forward Frontier, 1583 - 1588
11: Holland's Pyramid of Credit
12: Partisan Strife, 1583 - 1588: Holland and its Critics
Epilogue: The Dutch Republic in the European Republican Tradition
Abbreviations and Bibliography