Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560-1700 : the Common Road, 1560-1700

Cover......Page 1 Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560–1700......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Illustrations......Page 10 Maps......Page 12 Tables......Page 13 Preface......Page 15 Acknowledgements......Page 19 Conventions......Page 21 Chronology: the Dutch Revolt and some related events......Page 22 Abbreviations......Page 26 1 News from the Netherlands......Page 29 Word of mouth......Page 30 Manuscript newsletters and histories......Page 32 Printers and translators......Page 35 British writers in the Netherlands......Page 38 Translations continued: from pamphlet to newsbook......Page 41 Printed documents and contemporary histories......Page 44 Printers and patrons......Page 51 Printers and Protestantism......Page 55 Origins of the troubles......Page 58 Towards a new state and society......Page 64 Explaining Holland’s victory......Page 67 Booksellers and readers......Page 69 A wider audience?......Page 74 Prints and medals......Page 81 3 The school of war......Page 89 Numbers of troops......Page 91 Recruiting and foreign policy......Page 96 Motives for enlisting......Page 102 The character of the Low Countries conflict: sieges and skirmishes......Page 106 Fortifications and finance......Page 108 Discipline and arms drill......Page 113 ‘The bulwark of the republic’?......Page 118 The Low Countries and the British civil wars......Page 120 ‘A soldier’s lesson’......Page 127 Note on some naval aspects of the Revolt of the Netherlands and its aftermath......Page 130 4 The trade of merchandise......Page 132 Commercial interdependence and expansion......Page 133 Competition and conflict......Page 138 Explaining Dutch prosperity......Page 147 Following Holland’s example......Page 152 5 The nursery to nonconformists......Page 161 ‘Stranger Churches’ and émigré communities in England and the Netherlands......Page 163 A stronghold for British and Irish Catholics?......Page 177 Émigré churches and Protestant worship in Britain......Page 179 Émigré printing......Page 185 Diversity of opinions......Page 188 Towards tolerance......Page 193 6 Resistance and reform......Page 202 Resisting monarchy in the Netherlands......Page 205 Resistance and English foreign policy......Page 209 Resistance and civil war......Page 213 Towards the Glorious Revolution......Page 222 A new commonwealth?......Page 226 ‘A pattern to all people’......Page 230 ‘Famous charity’: workhouses and hospitals......Page 235 Note on Dutch and English republican writings of the seventeenth century......Page 244 Schools and universities in the Netherlands......Page 247 The reform of education in Britain......Page 252 Printed primary sources......Page 263 Secondary works......Page 272 Index......Page 283