The Story of Holland (The Story of the Nations)

xviii, 388 pp. CONTENTS: Early Days; The Rise of the Chartered Towns; The House of Burgundy; Charles the Headstrong; Mary of Burgundy; Charles, Count of Flanders and Emperor; The Accession of Philip of Spain; Margaret of Parma; Alva; Requesens, the Grand Commander; Don John of Austria; Alexander of Parma; The Last Years of William the Silent; The Projects of Philip; Henry the Third and Elizabeth; Antwerp and the Armada; The Last Years of Parma; After the Death of Parma; Dutch Enterprise; The Dutch Indies; The Archdukes and the War; The Universal East India Company; The Truce; The Bank of Amsterdam; Religious Dissensions, and the Murder of Bareveldt; The Thirty Years' War, and the Renewal of Hostilities; Collisions Between England and Holland; The Administration of John De Witt; To the Peace of Nimeguen; From the Peace of Nimeguen to the English Revolution; The English Revolution; The War of 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick 1697; From the Peace of Ryswick to the Treaty of Utrecht; The Internal Troubles of the Republic; Down Hill; Holland to the Time of the Armed Neutrality; From the War of 1781 to the Creation of Monarchy; Conclusion; Index.