The Eighty Years War : From Revolt to Regular War, 1568-1648

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Contents
	Preface
	Introduction
		Eighty Years War or Revolt?
		Aim and structure of the study
	PART I: The Revolt in the Low Countries 1566 –1588
		Chapter One: The integration of the Low Countries
		Chapter Two: The Dutch Revolt
			The iconoclastic fury (1566)
			The arrival of Alva and the campaign of 1568
			The Sea Beggars (1568–1572)
			The beginning of armed conflict in Holland and Zeeland (1572)
			The Revolt in Holland and Zeeland (1572–1576)
			The Pacification of Ghent: all the provinces in revolt (1576–1578)
			The Unions of Utrecht and Arras (1579)
			War on two fronts (1579–1585)
			Leicester as governor-general (1585–1588)
			Conclusion
		Chapter Three: The insurgents’ army and navy
			The army
				Siege warfare
				Battles
				The infantry: weapons and tactics
				The cavalry: weapons and tactics
				Field and siege artillery
			The navy
				Maritime strategy and operational concepts
				Artillery and tactics
				Disabling enemy fleets
				Protecting the merchant and fishing fleet
				Attacks on enemy shipping
				Support for land operations
			Conclusion
		Chapter Four: The organisation and financing of the insurgents’ army and navy
			The army
				Free soldiers
				The landsknechts (until about 1576)
				Abolition of the landsknecht system in Holland (1572–1576)
				Discharging the royal army in the Low Countries (1576–1578)
				The Union army (1579–1587)
				The size of the army and financing the war effort on land
			The navy
				Public and private, lawful and unlawful
				The admiralty in the sixteenth century
				The insurgents and the admiralties
				Shore organisation, ships and equipment
				The ships’ companies: from admiral to seaman
				The financing of the navy
			Conclusion
	PART II: The regular war for the Low Countries 1588 –1648
		Chapter Five: The Republic at war
			The Republic on the counterattack (1588–1599)
			The Republic explores its boundaries (1599–1604)
			The road to the Truce (1604–1609)
			War suspended for twelve years (1609–1621)
			The Republic at bay (1621–1628)
			On the counterattack again (1629–1633)
			The attack on the southern Netherlands (1634–1640)
			The end game (1641–1646)
			The Peace of Münster (1646–1648)
			Conclusion
		Chapter Six: Land and sea warfare
			The army
				The tactical military revolution
				The logistical organisation of campaigns
				Sieges
			The navy
				Maritime operations, ships and artillery
				A maritime revolution? From Gibraltar to the Downs
				Convoys, blockades and patrols
				Privateering
				Support for land operations
			Conclusion
		Chapter Seven: The organisation and financing of the Republic’s army and navy
			The army
				The appointment of officers
				Mustering
				Running a company
				The solliciteurs-militair
				The size of the army and how it was financed
			The navy
				The organisation of the admiralties
				The admiralties and the generality
				Financing the navy
				The naval high command
				Flag and other officers
				Recruiting ships’ crews
				Management on board warships
			Conclusion
		Chapter Eight: The nature of the conflict (1568–1648 )
			War and the law
			Sovereign, rebellion and terror
			Revolt, terror and the people
			War, the military and the population
			Revolt, war, prisoners-of-war
			Conclusion
		Concluding observations
		Chronology, nomenclature and units of measurement
		Notes
			Introduction
			Chapter One
			Chapter Two
			Chapter Three
			Chapter Four
			Chapter Five
			Chapter Six
			Chapter Seven
			Chapter Eight
		Bibliography
			Archive sources
			Manuscripts
			Printed sources
		Tables
		About the authors
		Illustration credits
		Index