Geoffrey Parker's definitive history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule — one of the defining conflicts of early modernity, lasting 80 years.
The most comprehensive narrative history of the Dutch Revolt in English. Explains why the revolt succeeded against the greatest military power of the age — Philip II's Spain. The role of geography (waterways), religion (Calvinism), and finance (Amsterdam) in creating the conditions for Dutch independence. The birth of the Dutch Republic as a decisive moment in the emergence of modernity.
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