The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780333613795 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 172 str.

J.L. Price

Opis

The Dutch Republic emerged from the epic revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule in the late sixteenth century and almost immediately became a major political force in Europe. Leslie Price - an acknowledged expert in the field - shows how this extraordinary new state, a republic in a Europe of monarchies, was able to achieve such successes despite the burdens of the Eighty Years War with Spain, which only came to a definitive end in 1648.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction.- The Impact of a New State in Europe.- The Economic Miracle and its Limitations.- Republicanism in Practice.- Religion, Politics and Toleration.- A Bourgeois Society?.- A Divided Culture.- Glossary.- Further Reading.- Notes.- Index.

O autorze

J L PRICE is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hull.