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The Founding of the Dutch Republic - War, Finance, and Politics in Holland, 1572-1588 (Hardcover)
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The Founding of the Dutch Republic - War, Finance, and Politics in Holland, 1572-1588 (Hardcover)
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In 1572, towns in the province of Holland, led by William of
Orange, rebelled against the government of the Habsburg
Netherlands. The story of the Dutch Revolt is usually told in terms
of fractious provinces that frustrated Orange's efforts to
formulate a coherent programme. In this book James D. Tracy argues
that there was a coherent strategy for the war, but that it was set
by the towns of Holland. Although the States of Holland were in
theory subject to the States General, Holland provided over 60 per
cent of the taxes and an even larger share of war loans.
Accordingly, funds were directed to securing Holland's borders, and
subsequently to extending this protected frontier to neighbouring
provinces.
Shielded from the war by its cordon sanitaire, Holland experienced
an extraordinary economic boom, allowing taxes and loans to keep
flowing. The goal - in sight if not achieved by 1588 - was a United
Provinces of the north, free and separate from provinces in the
southern Netherlands that remained under Spanish rule. With Europe
increasingly under the sway of strong hereditary princes, the new
Dutch Republic was a beacon of promise for those who still believed
that citizens ought to rule themselves.
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