Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 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