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Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560-1700 : The Common Road, 1560-1700

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Online-Ressource (292 p)

Englisch

Cover; Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560-1700; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Chronology: the Dutch Revolt and some related events; Abbreviations; 1 News from the Netherlands; Word of mouth; Manuscript newsletters and histories; Printers and translators; British writers in the Netherlands; Translations continued: from pamphlet to newsbook; Printed documents and contemporary histories; Printers and patrons; Printers and Protestantism; 2 Histories and their readers; Origins of the troubles

Towards a new state and societyExplaining Holland's victory; Booksellers and readers; A wider audience?; Prints and medals; 3 The school of war; Numbers of troops; Recruiting and foreign policy; Motives for enlisting; The character of the Low Countries conflict: sieges and skirmishes; Fortifications and finance; Discipline and arms drill; 'The bulwark of the republic'?; The Low Countries and the British civil wars; 'A soldier's lesson'; Note on some naval aspects of the Revolt of the Netherlands and its aftermath; 4 The trade of merchandise; Commercial interdependence and expansion

Competition and conflictExplaining Dutch prosperity; Following Holland's example; 5 The nursery to nonconformists; 'Stranger Churches' and émigré communities in England and the Netherlands; A stronghold for British and Irish Catholics?; Émigré churches and Protestant worship in Britain; Émigré printing; Diversity of opinions; Towards tolerance; 6 Resistance and reform; Resisting monarchy in the Netherlands; Resistance and English foreign policy; Resistance and civil war; Towards the Glorious Revolution; A new commonwealth?; 'A pattern to all people'; 'Famous charity': workhouses and hospitals

Note on Dutch and English republican writings of the seventeenth centuryEpilogue: The advancement of learning; Schools and universities in the Netherlands; The reform of education in Britain; Select bibliography; Manuscript primary sources; Printed primary sources; Secondary works; Index

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Print version: Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560–1700 : The Common Road, 1560-1700

978-0-521-83747-7

978-0-521-83747-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2013

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

978-1-107-24733-8 ( : 76.82 (NL))

DH186.5 .D86 2013

949.2/03     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Great Britain ; Foreign relations ; Netherlands ; Netherlands ; Foreign relations ; Great Britain ; Netherlands ; History ; Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 ; Influence ; Netherlands ; Politics and government ; 1556-1648 ; Electronic books

Reveals the lasting impact of the Dutch Revolt on Britain's commercial, religious and political culture