William the Silent, Prince of Orange 1533-1584 and the Revolt of the Netherlands
Author: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 660
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Author: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 660
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lisa Jardine
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 0060838353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn account of the 1584 shooting of the Protestant Prince William of Orange by a French Catholic, assessing the struggle of the Netherlands to overthrow Catholic rule, and its implications for other heads-of-state fearful of assassination.
Author: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 570
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. V. Wedgwood
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2018-02-27
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 1787209563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, first published in 1944, the distinguished historian C. V. Wedgwood takes as her subject here the figure of William, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange, who led the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spain of Philip II. The book is not only a masterpiece of biographical writing but a rich portrait of an age—a period of political, religious, and economic ferment that dramatically shaped the history of early modern Europe. ‘A reliable and well-balanced history of great events. Miss Wedgwood tells simply and accurately a series of moving, romantic and most important events, the first effective stand made in Europe against Spain and the Inquisition, the foundation of the Dutch Republic on the basis of freedom; and she tells these great historical events in the form of a biography centered round the figure of one man.’—G. M. Trevelyan, [London] Sunday Times ‘A very fine book. There is all the human interest of William’s life with all the historic importance for us of his achievement.’—A. L. Rowse, Observer ‘Miss Wedgwood, an authority on the period, has told William’s life story persuasively, with singular economy and charm....Superior scholarship, penetrating insight, lucid prose.’—Geoffrey Bruun
Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780304317059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William (I, Prince of Orange)
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Published: 1888
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Herbert H. Rowen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990-09-20
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521396530
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis major study provides the first comprehensive assessment of an important European institution, the Stadholderate of the Dutch Republic. Professor Rowen looks at the career of each Prince of Orange in turn, from William I ('The Silent'), to the last and saddest, William V, examining their roles as Stadholder and interweaving their personal lives and characters with the development of the institution. Without engaging in psycho-history, Rowen treats the individual personality of each Stadholder as a significant factor, and shows how the Stadholderate contributed to a distinctive political and constitutional coloration that rendered the United Provinces unique in Europe. The work assesses the contribution of the Stadholderate to the rise and subsequent fall of the Dutch Republic as one of the great powers of early modern Europe, and analyses each prince within his contemporary context, avoiding the highly present-minded approach of many of the Republic's subsequent historians. The Princes of Orange is thus neither a work of hagiography, glorifying the Dutch royal house, nor a piece of destructive iconoclasm, but an authoritative account of a most unusual political, dynastic and diplomatic institution.
Author: Koenraad Wolter Swart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 652
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ruth Putnam
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Published: 2023-12-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783348111454
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