Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 3 HE period of the Eighty Years' War takes a peculiarly interesting place in the history of the Netherland people; not only because, under the influence of the diffi cult circumstances in which the population of the Nether land provinces were then placed, the foundations were laid for a new state destined to appear on the world's stage as the equal of the great European powers, but also because, during the period of transition, the dominant traits of the Netherland national character became clear. It will appear in the following pages how good and evil alternated in the war, how, under the direction of the three great Orange princes, well aided by distinguished generals - their own kinsmen and Netherlanders - and by skilful statesmen, among whom John of Oldenbarne velt is preeminent, independence was first won from Spain; how in the midst of great dangers the political condition of Europe again and again lamed the power of the doughty foe; how, when the Truce was concluded, the enemy took the decisive steps on the path which necessarily led to the complete freedom of the Seven Pro vinces; how commerce and manufacture, not only in spite of, but actually because of, the war, developed vigorously; how the theological opinions of the majority took a de finite direction; how political institutions were crystal lised into form; how art and science enjoyed a period of bloom at the close of hostilities, when security and pros perity created favourable conditions. Thus the period of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 4 Classic Reprint written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 4 HE historian of the golden age of the Nether lands has a pleasant task to perform, because the glory of posterity has never risen higher than in this time, especially in, the second half of the century. But this task is difficult, for great is the number of the works that have appeared on this attractive epoch, and hard it is to hold fast the thread of the narrative amid the many important events occurring in every depart ment of the national life. The author hopes he has over come this difficulty without allowing too ample a space to any portion of the history of the people, so far as possible without being swayed by his personal preference for persons and systems. It would not greatly surprise him, however, if the crit ics, as has previously happened, were again to complain that in this volume also of the history of the people of the Netherlands too much place has perhaps been given to the political history of the people. That poor political history! Formerly it was everything, the everywhere recognised mistress; now it is put under a ban and thrown into an obscure corner, and unjustly. It may not be denied that the interest of the public at present is directed more to other expressions of the life of the peo ple, but this does not signify that those other expressions of old took a so much more considerable place in the popular life itself, in the daily thoughts of the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 4 written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 4: Frederick Henry, John De Witt, William III HE historian of the golden age of the Nether lands has a pleasant task to perform, because the glory of posterity has never risen higher than in this time, especially in the second half of the century. But this task is difficult, for great is the number of the works that have appeared on this attractive epoch, and hard it is to hold fast the thread of the narrative amid the many important events occurring in every depart ment of the national life. The author hopes he has over come this difficulty without allowing too ample a space to any portion of the history of the people, so far as possible without being swayed by his personal preference for persons and systems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 5 Classic Reprint written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 5 I hope in fact to have accomplished more than this. It has been my purpose to bring into our national his tory the results of' scientific research and investigation, which results have hitherto been scattered through numer ous separate volumes and periodicals. The plan of my history provides for a consecutive narrative of occur renees, or at least of the most noteworthy occurrences, the record of which has been critically examined and my conclusions in regard to which are based in part upon the work of others who have written before me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Rise of the Dutch Republic Vol 3 of 3 written by John Lothrop Motley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Vol. 3 of 3: A History In Part VII., which rapidly outlines Dutch history, from the death of William the Silent to Queen Wilhel mina, the author has given his own interpretation of facts, events, and tendencies. He has taken advantage of the fruits of research made by Dutch scholars since Mr. Motley's decease, besides showing the many points of contact between Netherlandish and British and be tween Dutch and American history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 1 HE history of the Netherlands is largely a double history, - a history of two states. Belgium and Holland both belong to the Netherlands, but three centuries have now divided the Netherlanders into two nations. Before the end of the sixteenth century there was, however, no thought of a separation between the Northern and Southern Netherlands. This history aims to show how the Dutch and the Belgians, the people of the Netherlands, developed from the races of North-western Germany and how the former separated from the latter. In olden time, the Netherlands formed part of the terri tory of two great families of nations, Germany and Gaul, separated by the Rhine. About the beginning of our era, Rome annexed to its empire the country on the left of the river, and extended its authority over some tribes upon the right bank, as the Batavians and Frisians, who were more closely bound to Rome than most other Ger mans. Thus the stronger influence of Rome's civilisation early distinguished the Netherlanders from the Germans beyond the Ems and Yssel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands Vol 2 written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 2: From the Beginning of the Fifteenth Century to 1559 This part, too, offered peculiar difficulties in the way of a well-ordered, connected narrative. The writer had no longer to contend with an almost complete lack or at least great imperfection of data, as was the case in various chapters of Part I. We have no cause of complaint for the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, espe cially not in the last part. The great difficulty lay in the many points both of likeness and of difference in political and social matters in the Netherland provinces of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The writer deemed that the best method of overcoming the difficulty was to give the political history of the various states separately, as far as possible; to keep in mind their exact mutual relation by referring, in the accounts of common wars and feuds, to what had been previously said; and to discuss social conditions in the various provinces occas ionally, when they came to the fore, as, for example, the guilds in Flanders, the Vehmgericht in Utrecht, the position of the feudal nobles in Hainaut. An important place must be given to the political his tory of this tumultuous time, more prominent than may be deemed desirable by many in a history of the people of the Netherlands; war, feud, and disputed succession were, in those centuries, all in the order of the day and con trolled social development then as well as in the cent uries immediately preceding. Therefore, consideration is devoted to the critical periods which had real influence on the condition of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the United Netherlands Vol 3 of 4 written by John Lothrop Motley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the United Netherlands, Vol. 3 of 4: From the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort, With a Full View of the English-Dutch Struggle Against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada Holy Confederacy and the Bearnese struggled together for the mastery. Religion was the mantle under which the chiefs on both sides concealed their real designs as they led on their followers year after year to the desper ate conflict. And their followers, the masses, were doubtless in earnest. A great principle - the relation of man to his Maker, and his condition in a future world, as laid down by rival priesthoods - has in almost every stage of history had power to influence the multitude to fury and to deluge the world in blood. And so long as the superstitious element of human nature enables indi viduals or combinations of them to dictate to their fel low-creatures those relations, or to dogmatize concerning those conditions, - to take possession of their consciences, in short, and to interpose their mummeries between man and his Creator, - it is probable that such scenes as caused the nations to shudder throughout so large a portion of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries will continue to repeat themselves at intervals in various parts of the earth. Nothing can be more sublime than the self-sacrifice, nothing more demoniac than the crimes, which human creatures have seemed always ready to exhibit under the name of religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book History of the People of the Netherlands written by Petrus Johannes Blok and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 4 The historian of the "golden age" of the Netherlands has a pleasant task to perform, because the glory of posterity has never risen higher than in this time, especially in the second half of the century. But this task is difficult, for great is the number of the works that have appeared on this attractive epoch, and hard it is to hold fast the thread of the narrative amid the many important events occurring in every department of the national life. The author hopes he has overcome this difficulty without allowing too ample a space to any portion of the history of the people, so far as possible without being swayed by his personal preference for persons and systems. It would not greatly surprise him, however, if the critics, as has previously happened, were again to complain that in this volume also of the history of the people of the Netherlands too much place has perhaps been given to political history of the people. That poor political history! Formerly it was everything, the everywhere recognised mistress; now it is put under a ban and thrown into an obscure corner, and unjustly. It may not be denied that the interest of the public at present is directed more to other expressions of the life of the people, but this does not signify that those other expressions of old took a so much more considerable place in the popular life itself, in the daily thoughts of the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Rise of the Dutch Republic Vol 3 written by John Lothrop Motley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Vol. 3: A History Chapter III - Preparations of the duke against Count Louis Precarious situation of Louis in Friesland - Timidity of the inhabitants - Alva in Friesland - Skirmishing near Gronin gen - Retreat of the patriots - Error committed by Louis His position at J emmingen - Mutinous demonstrations of his troops - Louis partially restores order - Attempt to de stroy the dikes interrupted by the arrival of Alva's forces Artful strategy of the duke - Defeat of Count Louis and utter destruction of his army - Outrages committed by the Span iards - Alva at Utrecht - Execution of Vrouw van Diemen Episode of Don Carlos - Fables concerning him and Queen Isabella - Mystery concerning his death - Secret letters of Philip to the pope - The one containing the truth of the transaction still concealed in the Vatican - Case against Philip as related by Matthieu, De Thou, and others - Testi mony in the king's favor by the nuncio, the Venetian envoy, and others - Doubtful state of the question - Anecdotes con cerning Don Carlos - His character 77. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the United Netherlands Vol 1 of 4 written by John Lothrop Motley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the United Netherlands, Vol. 1 of 4: From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years Truce 1609 The indulgence with which the History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic was received has encouraged me to prosecute my task with renewed industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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