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1 online resource (380 pages) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Ilustrations -- List of Maps -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The House of Orange on the Death of William II -- A Mixed Constitution: The Provincial States and the Stadholder -- Frederick Henry Expands his Power -- A States Party versus an Orangist Party? -- The Conflict between William II and the Holland Regents -- The Great Assembly (18 January 1650-21 August 1651): The Establishment of the True Freedom -- 2 Youth (1650-66) -- The Character of William III: The Role of Inheritance and Education -- The Guardianship Question and the First Educational Programme -- Johan de Witt and the Act of Seclusion -- The Grand Pensionary at Work -- Dominie Trigland -- The Prince at Leiden -- The Restoration of the Stuarts and the Failure of Holland's Plans for the Prince's Education -- 3 The Path to Power -- The Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Plan to Make William 'Child of State' -- The Perpetual Edict -- First Noble of Zeeland -- Member of the Council of State -- Journey to England -- Captain-General -- The Republic Isolated -- 4 The Year of Catastrophe, 1672 -- The Attack by France, England, Münster and Cologne -- The Prince Raised to Power -- Negotiations with England and France -- The City Magistracies Purged -- Alliances with Brandenburg and the Emperor -- 5 The Task and the Tools -- The Task: pro libertate et religione -- The Tools: The Prince and his Favourites in the Central Government -- Orange and the States-General: The Prince's Secret -- The Prince, the Army and the Navy -- The Tools for the Task in the Provinces: Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel -- The Tools for the Task: Holland and Zeeland -- 6 The Peace of Nijmegen (1672-78) -- The Negotiations at Cologne and the Conclusion of the Quadruple Alliance -- The Peace of Westminster -- Louis XIV Retains the Upper Hand |
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Negotiations with France -- The Marriage to Mary Stuart II -- The Peace of Nijmegen: The Balance of Power Realized? -- 7 The Twenty Years' Truce of Regensburg (1679-84) -- William III and the Exclusion Crisis (1679-81) -- The French Réunions Policy -- The Association League -- Brandenburg and England Frustrate the Association League -- Leopold I's War with the Turks Makes Action against France Impossible -- The Conflict with Amsterdam -- 8 James II, William III and Louis XIV (1685-88) -- Rapprochement between James II and William III -- The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Religious Policy of James II -- Estrangement between James II and William III -- The Mission of Dijkvelt -- Increasing Tension in Europe -- The Decision to Intervene -- 9 The Glorious Revolution (1688-89) -- Preparation for the Invasion -- The Crossing -- The Flight of James II -- The Succession to the Throne -- The Declaration of Rights -- 10 William III as King of England (1689-1702) -- The Image of the New King -- Balancing between Whigs and Tories (1689-90) -- The Rise of the Tories (1690-93) -- The Whig Junto (1693-97) -- The New Country Party (1697-1702) -- 11 War or Peace? (1689-1702) -- The Alliance between England and the Netherlands -- The Grand Alliance -- The Peace of Rijswijk -- The Partition Treaties -- The Will of Carlos II -- Renewal of the Grand Alliance -- 12 William III and Scotland (1660-1702) -- The Restoration -- The Reign of James VII in Scotland -- The Convention -- The Club -- Scotland Ungovernable -- 13 William III and Ireland -- The Place of William III in Present Day Ireland -- The Conquest of Ireland -- The Treaty of Limerick -- The Irish Parliament of 1692 -- The Appointment of Sir Henry Capel as Lord Deputy -- The Sole Right Question Solved: Anti-Catholic Legislation -- Ratification of the Broken Treaty of Limerick -- Conclusion |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
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William III, King of England, 1650-1702 fast |
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Kings and rulers
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Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056806
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Netherlands -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091005
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Great Britain
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Netherlands
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Grayson, J. C
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| ISBN |
9781351872836 |
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1351872834 |
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