History of Holland
George Edmundson
37 chapters · 19 h 44 min · English
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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)
Chapters
1 General Preface, Prologue 7 min 2 The Burgundian Netherlands 28 min 3 Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands 39 min 4 The Prelude to the Revolt 48 min 5 The Revolt of the Netherlands 1 h 7 min 6 William the Silent 37 min 7 The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic 1 h 8 min 8 The System of Government 25 min 9 The Twelve Years' Truce 22 min 10 Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt 32 min 11 From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange 54 min 12 The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion 1 h 23 min 13 Letters, Science and Art 50 min 14 The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly 25 min 15 Rise of John de Witt. The First English War 31 min 16 The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War 29 min 17 The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion 42 min 18 The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly 18 min 19 The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688 38 min 20 The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702 31 min 21 The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715 36 min 22 The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740 23 min 23 The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751 27 min 24 The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766 12 min 25 William V. First Period, 1766-1780 13 min 26 Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention 27 min 27 The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795 19 min 28 The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806 34 min 29 The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814 28 min 30 The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815 24 min 31 The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830 37 min 32 The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842 47 min 33 William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849 16 min 34 Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872 23 min 35 The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898 24 min 36 The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917 9 min 37 Epilogue 11 min
