History of Holland


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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)

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General Preface, Prologue 6:44 Leído por Esther
The Burgundian Netherlands 28:06 Leído por Esther
Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands 38:34 Leído por Marian Brown
The Prelude to the Revolt 48:29 Leído por Kirsten Ferreri
The Revolt of the Netherlands 1:07:09 Leído por Riccardo Fasol
William the Silent 36:58 Leído por Gesine
The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic 1:08:13 Leído por Marloes Schoonheim
The System of Government 24:51 Leído por Cori Samuel
The Twelve Years' Truce 21:35 Leído por Esther
Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt 32:14 Leído por hefyd
From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange 54:10 Leído por hefyd
The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion . 1:22:41 Leído por Jim Mowatt
Letters, Science and Art 49:34 Leído por Cori Samuel
The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly 25:06 Leído por Sibella Denton
Rise of John de Witt. The First English War 30:38 Leído por Fracture
The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War 29:25 Leído por hefyd
The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion 41:42 Leído por hefyd
The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly 17:53 Leído por Jim Mowatt
The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688 38:29 Leído por Marloes Schoonheim
The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702 30:46 Leído por Cori Samuel
The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715 36:30 Leído por Jim Mowatt
The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740 22:47 Leído por Esther
The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751 27:16 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766 12:05 Leído por Sibella Denton
William V. First Period, 1766-1780 13:14 Leído por Sibella Denton
Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention. 26:44 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795 18:50 Leído por Cori Samuel
The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806 34:00 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814 27:34 Leído por Cori Samuel
The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815 24:28 Leído por Esther
The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830 37:21 Leído por Ezwa
The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842 47:07 Leído por Ezwa
William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849 15:51 Leído por Cori Samuel
Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872 22:34 Leído por Menno
The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898 23:48 Leído por Menno
The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917 9:05 Leído por Menno
Epilogue 11:20 Leído por Esther

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Good reading but difficult to understand the dutch names


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I am dutch and it is often difficult to understand the dutch names of places and people due to the accent of the readers.