History of the United Netherlands
From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce – 1609

This four-volume history explains the lead up to the 1609 Treaty of Antwerp, which recognized Holland's independence from Spanish rule.

John Lothrop Motley (Author)

9781108036658, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 November 2011

648 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.81 kg

American historian John Lothrop Motley (1814–77) graduated from Harvard in 1831. During 1832 and 1833 he studied in Göttingen before returning to the United States. Already the author of two novels and numerous essays, he began to plan a history of the Netherlands, but, unable to find all the source material he needed in America, he returned to Europe in 1851, this time with his family. His first book on the subject was the widely acclaimed Rise of the Dutch Republic, which covered events up to 1584. Motley published this more ambitious four-volume sequel, covering events in the period 1584–1609, between 1860 and 1867. Volume 4 discusses the implications for the Dutch of the death of England's Elizabeth I, and describes the Treaty of Antwerp (1609), which imposed a truce of twelve years between Spain and the Netherlands. This final volume includes a cumulative index.

38. Military events
39. Effects of the Nieuport campaign
40. Protraction of the siege of Ostend
41. Death of Queen Elizabeth
42. Siege of Ostend
43. Policy of the King of France
44. Equation between the contending powers
45. Preparations for the campaign of 1606
46. General desire for peace
47. A Dutch fleet under Heemskerk sent to the coast of Spain and Portugal
48. Internal condition of Spain
49. Peace deliberations in Spain
50. Movement of the Emperor Rudolph
51. Designs of Henry IV
52. Vote of the States-General on the groundwork of the treaty
53. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]