K. W. Swart

William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1572-84 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first scholarly biography of William the Silent published in English for fifty years, William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1572-1584 is invaluable for providing an up-to-date assessment of William and the revolt of the Netherlands. Despite the European significance of his struggle, there has not been a major English language study of William since C.V. Wedgwood's biography published in 1944. As such scholars will welcome this publication of Koen Swart's distinguished and authoritative biography of the first of the hereditary stadholders of the United Provinces. Originally available only in Dutch, this edition provides an English speaking audience for the first time with a detailed account of William's role in the Dutch Revolt reflecting the vast amount of scholarship undertaken in the field of European political and religious history over the last few decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351872782
• Artikelnr.: 48416324

Autorenporträt

K.W. Swart

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword, H.F.K. van Nierop and M.E.H.N. Mout, K.W. Swart: his career as a historian, Jonathan I. Israel, From 'Loyal Servant' to 'Irreconcilable Opponent' of Spain: Koenraad Swart's Interpretation of William of Orange, 1533-72, Alastair Duke, The Defence of Holland and Zeeland, 1572-76: Orange's finest hour
The religious revolution
The new political order
The baptism of fire withstood
Fruitless attempts to win foreign support
Marriage to Charlotte de Bourbon
Better war than an uncertain peace
Renewed Spanish offensive
The offer of supreme authority
Abandoned by the whole world
The Whole Fatherland in Revolt, 1576-77: Orange's triumph
The Brussels coup d'état
The Pacification of Ghent
Triumph in the duel with Don John
Orange becomes one of Queen Elizabeth's best friends
Entrusted with the leadership of the country's government
Plans for marriages between Orange's and Aerschot's children
The mutability of all earthly things
The General Union Falls Apart, 1578-79: Holding court in the castle of Antwerp
The beginning of Orange's conflict with Ghent
Holland and Zeelan'd stubborn self-will and the Union of Utrecht
Money is the sinew of war
Ghent temporarily taken in hand
Parma's first successes
The failure of the Cologne peace negotiations
Declining popularity
Outlawry and Apology, 1580
Fruitless Attempts to Turn The Spanish Tide, 1579-83: The war drags on at a snail's pace
Failed attempts to reform the government
Anjou chosen as overlord
Reasons for Orange's unfortunate French policy
Anjou's short-lived rule
The Bitter End, 1583-84
The disastrous consequences of the French Fury
Reconcilation with Anjou
Return to Holland
Further enemy gains of territory
Count of Holland
Orange's political testament
The assassination of Orange
Bibliography: Archives, Pamphlets, Published sources and literature to 1800, Literature since 1800
Index.