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• General preface; Prologue; 1. The Burgundian Netherlands; 2. Habsburg rule in the Netherlands; 3. The prelude to the revolt; 4. The revolt of the Netherlands; 5. William the Silent; 6. The beginnings of the Dutch republic; 7. The system of government; 8. The twelve years' truce; 9. Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt; 10. From the end of the twelve years' truce to the peace of Munster, 1621–48. The Stadtholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange; 11. The East and West India companies. Commercial and economic expansion; 12. Letters, science and art; 13. The Stadtholderate of William II. The great assembly; 14. The rise of John de Witt. The first English war; 15. The administration of John de Witt, 1654–65, from the peace of Westminster to the outbreak of the second English war; 16. The last years of De Witt's administration, 1665–72. The second English war. The triple alliance. The French invasion; 17. War with France and England. William III, Stadtholder. Murder of the brothers De Witt, 1672; 18. The Stadtholderate of William III, 1672–88; 19. The King-Stadtholder, 1688–1702; 20. The war of Spanish succession and the treaties of Utrecht, 1702–15; 21. The Stadtholderless republic, 1715–40; 22. The Austrian succession war and William IV, 1740–51; 23. The regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751–66; 24. William V. First period, 1766–80; 25. Stadtholderate of William V (continued), 1780–8. The English war. Patriot movement. Civil war. Prussian intervention; 26. The Orange restoration. Downfall of the republic, 1788–95; 27. The Batavian republic, 1795–1806; 28. The kingdom of Holland and the French annexation, 1806–14; 29. The formation of the kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814–15; 30. The kingdom of the Netherlands - union of Holland and Belgium, 1815–30; 31. The Belgian revolution. The separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830–42; 32. William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the constitution, 1842–9; 33. Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849–72; 34. The later reign of William III, and the regency of Queen Emma, 1872–98; 35. The reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898–1917; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.