Holland

The History of the Netherlands

Thomas Colley Grattan

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9785486386671
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The Dutch republic from the revolt against Spain to the nineteenth century, written for English readers by an Irish writer who had lived for years in Brussels. Grattan gives the wars, the trade, the drainage and the painting as one subject, which is the only way the country makes sense. He is sharp about the East India Company and admiring of a people who built their ground before they built on it.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Chapter I. From the Invasion of the Netherlands by the Romans to the Invasion by the Salian Franks
• Chapter II. From the Settlement of the Franks to the Subjugation of Friesland
• Chapter III. From the Conquest of Friesland to the Formation of Holland
• Chapter IV. From the Formation of Holland to the Death of Louis de Male
• Chapter V. From the Succession of Philip the Bold to the County of Flanders, to the Death of Philip the Fair
• Chapter VI. From the Government of Margaret of Austria to the Abdication of the Emperor Charles V
• Chapter VII. From the Accession of Philip II. Of Spain to the Establishment of the Inquisition in the Netherlands
• Chapter VIII. Commencement of the Revolution
• Chapter IX. To the Administration of Requesens
• Chapter X. To the Pacification of Ghent
• Chapter XI. To the Renunciation of the Sovereignty of Spain and the Declaration of Independence
• Chapter XII. To the Murder of the Prince of Orange
• Chapter XIII. To the Death of Alexander, Prince of Parma
• Chapter XIV. To the Independence of Belgium and the Death of Philip II
• Chapter XV. To the Campaign of Prince Maurice and Spinola
• Chapter XVI. To the Synod at Dort and the Execution of Barneveldt
• Chapter XVII. To the Death of Prince Maurice
• Chapter XVIII. To the Treaty of Munster
• Chapter XIX. From the Peace of Munster to the Peace of Nimeguen
• Chapter XX. From the Peace of Nimeguen to the Peace of Utrecht
• Chapter XXI. From the Peace of Utrecht to the Incorporation of Belgium with the French Republic
• Chapter XXII. From the Invasion of Holland by the French to the Return of the Prince of Orange
• Chapter XXIII. From the Installation of William I. As Prince Sovereign of the Netherlands to the Battle of Waterloo…
• Supplementary Chapter. A.D. 1815—1899
• About the Author