History Of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples 1555-1648 by Pieter Geyl

History Of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples 1555-1648 by Pieter Geyl

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In this superb panorama of politics and war, Geyl tells the epic story of the Netherlanders' heroic struggle against the might of Spain and of the rise and establishment of the Dutch Republic

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History Of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples 1555-1648 by Pieter Geyl

He also describes the uneasy truce with Spain that follows, the arrest and execution of Oldenbarnevelt, the resumption of war in 1621, the uncertain alliance with France, and the eventual establishment of Dutch independence in 1648. Geyl also addresses issues which remain alive and important today: the relation between religious belief and political action, the complex questions of national identity, and the problems besetting a small country struggling to survive in a great-power world. An unforgettable portrait of Dutch life during the 16th and 17th centuries with its domestic prosperity, its colonial expansion and outstanding cultural achievement exemplified by the works of the young Rembrandt.
Pieter Geyl, who was born at Dordrecht in 1887 and educated at the University of Leyden, was the greatest Dutch historian of his time, and a scholar of European renown. He died in 1966.
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ISBN 13 9781842122259
ISBN 10 1842122258
Titel History Of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples 1555-1648
Autor Pieter Geyl
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr 2001-02-15
Seitenanzahl 592
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