Treason in the Northern Quarter : War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt.

Treason in the Northern Quarter : War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt.

In the spring of 1575, Holland's Northern Quarter--the waterlogged peninsula stretching from Amsterdam to the North Sea--was threatened with imminent invasion by the Spanish army. Since the outbreak of the Dutch Revolt a few years earlier, the Spanish had repeatedly failed to expel the rebels u...

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Main Author: Van Nierop, Henk
Other Authors: Grayson, J. C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church > History > 16th century.
Catholic Church
1500-1699
Church history > 16th century.
HISTORY / Europe / Western.
Church history
Fryslân (Netherlands) > History.
Netherlands > Church history > 17th century.
Netherlands > History > Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.
Netherlands
Netherlands > Friesland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: The Northland; CHAPTER THREE: Believers; CHAPTER FOUR: Revolt; CHAPTER FIVE: War; CHAPTER SIX: Treason; CHAPTER SEVEN: Vagabonds; CHAPTER EIGHT: Peasants; CHAPTER NINE: Citizens; CHAPTER TEN: Law against Terror; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Jan Jeroenszoon Again; CHAPTER TWELVE: Historiography and Propaganda; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Conclusion; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index of Persons; Index of Places.

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