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History of Holland

by George Edmundson

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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)

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General Preface, Prologue
6m
1
The Burgundian Netherlands
28m
2
Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands
38m
3
The Prelude to the Revolt
48m
4
The Revolt of the Netherlands
1h 7m
5
William the Silent
36m
6
The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic
1h 8m
7
The System of Government
24m
8
The Twelve Years' Truce
21m
9
Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt
32m
10
From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange
54m
11
The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .
1h 22m
12
Letters, Science and Art
49m
13
The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly
25m
14
Rise of John de Witt. The First English War
30m
15
The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War
29m
16
The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion
41m
17
The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly
17m
18
The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688
38m
19
The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702
30m
20
The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715
36m
21
The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740
22m
22
The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751
27m
23
The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766
12m
24
William V. First Period, 1766-1780
13m
25
Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention.
26m
26
The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795
18m
27
The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806
34m
28
The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814
27m
29
The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815
24m
30
The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830
37m
31
The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842
47m
32
William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849
15m
33
Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872
22m
34
The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898
23m
35
The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917
9m
36
Epilogue
11m