| Description |
1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Series |
Cambridge Concise Histories Series |
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Cambridge Concise Histories Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- 1 Earliest Times: From Prehistory to the End of the Roman Period -- Introduction -- Before the Celts -- The Celtic Era -- The Establishment of Roman Rule -- Gallo-Roman Society during the Pax Romana -- The Gradual Transformation and Demise of Roman Rule (Third-Fifth Centuries CE) -- Conclusion -- 2 The Era of the Frankish Kingdoms: (Fifth-Tenth Centuries) -- Introduction |
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Polities between Unity and Fragmentation -- The Dawn of Christianity -- Origins and Significance of the Linguistic Frontier -- The Dynamics of Rural Society -- Conclusion -- 3 The Origins of the Medieval Principalities: (Tenth-Fourteenth Centuries) -- Introduction -- The Carolingian Inheritance Shapes the International and Domestic Setting -- The Emergence and Expansion of Flanders (Ninth-Twelfth Centuries) -- The Disintegration of Lorraine (Tenth-Twelfth Centuries) -- Formation and Territorial Expansion of the Lotharingian Principalities (Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries) |
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Demographic Growth and Economic Development -- Urban Society and Politics -- Submission, Revolt and Defeat: Flanders and France (1194-1305) -- Toward a New Balance of Power in an Age of Crisis and Pandemic (Fourteenth Century) -- Conclusion -- 4 Unifying the Netherlands: The Burgundy-Habsburg Period (1384-1555) -- Introduction -- The Burgundian Marriage: Alliances, Dynastic Politics and Territorial Expansion -- Institutions and State Building -- Ruler and Subjects: A Tense Relationship -- Economics and Demography in the Fifteenth Century |
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Expansion, Crisis and Survival of the Burgundian State: From Charles the Bold to Maximilian of Austria -- Habsburg: A New Dynasty and Its Huge Composite Empire -- Territorial Expansion and Constitutional Consolidation in the Low Countries -- Antwerp and the European Economy -- Arts and Sciences -- Christian Humanism and Early Reformation -- Conclusion -- 5 The Spanish Netherlands (1555-1700/1713) -- Introduction -- A Problematic Peace (1559) -- Ecclesiastical Reform and the New Dioceses -- High Nobility in the Opposition (1564) -- Iconoclasm -- Repression and Revolt |
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Insurgence in Holland (1572) -- Pacification? (1576) -- Radicalization (1578) -- Spain on the Offensive (1579-1590) -- Deadlock between Rebels and Royalists, Catholics and Protestants -- Sovereignty for the Habsburg Low Countries (1598-1621)? -- Counter-Reformation -- War and Crisis (1621-1634) -- More War (1635-1713) -- The Prince-Bishopric of Liège -- ''A Century of Adversity''? -- Artistic Flowering and Cultural Activity -- Conclusion -- 6 The Austrian Netherlands (c.1700-1780) -- Introduction -- The War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713/1714): The Southern Netherlands Occupied and Divided |
| Summary |
Offers an accessible overview of the history of this small but important West-European country, from ancient times to the present |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The Difficult Beginning of the Austrian Regime |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Peuter, Roger
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| ISBN |
9781009327275 |
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1009327275 |
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