History of Holland

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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)

  1. General Preface, Prologue
  2. The Burgundian Netherlands
  3. Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands
  4. The Prelude to the Revolt
  5. The Revolt of the Netherlands
  6. William the Silent
  7. The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic
  8. The System of Government
  9. The Twelve Years' Truce
  10. Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt
  11. From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange
  12. The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .
  13. Letters, Science and Art
  14. The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly
  15. Rise of John de Witt. The First English War
  16. The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War
  17. The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion
  18. The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly
  19. The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688
  20. The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702
  21. The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715
  22. The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740
  23. The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751
  24. The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766
  25. William V. First Period, 1766-1780
  26. Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention.
  27. The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795
  28. The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806
  29. The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814
  30. The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815
  31. The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830
  32. The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842
  33. William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849
  34. Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872
  35. The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898
  36. The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917
  37. Epilogue
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