Laura Manzano Baena is currently working for the Spanish State Society for Cultural Action.

'Conflicting Words' is and is not a work of political history, intellectual history, or cultural history. It also is and is not a comparative history. Most of the text covers the ideological disputes between the Spanish and the Dutch, but the culminating event—namely, the peace treaty—envelops the entire enterprise in a larger European context. The analysis in this book reveals that the Dutch stadholder Frederick Henry saw himself as both a Dutch statesman and a European noble, that the French served as both examples and counterexamples for both sides of the table, that the specter of past revolts in Portugal and Catalonia haunted the Spanish monarchy, that the Dutch were cognizant of the fate of coreligionists in the Holy Roman empire, and more. Both the history and historiography presented in 'Conflicting Words' show an aspiration not simply to cross borders but ultimatelyto create a pan-European history and historical tradition.Laura Cruz, Western Carolina University, Journal of Modern History, September 2013, vol. 85, no. 3

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. RebelsConfronting rebellionReligion and revolt: The United ProvincesThe Spanish attitude towards rebellion. 'No reason to revolt': Privileges and rebellion. Sacrilege and rebellion. Negotiating with rebels in an international setting:From Cologne to MünsterChapter 2. TyrantsTyranny's two faces and the problem of tyrannicideFighting usurpers: Defining the tyrant in the Spanish Monarchy. The usurper's unjust rule. Distinguishing between impious tyrants and misguided rulersDefying tyrannical rule in the Low Countries and Catalonia. The tyrant's intolerable behaviour. Trusting the tyrant's word: The Dutch road to MünsterChapter 3. AuthoritySources, extension and limits to kingly power in the Spanish Monarchy. The power of kings. The morals of powerRefashioning authority in the United Provinces. Defining political authority. The peace negotiations with the Spanish Monarchy as a catalyst for internal strifeChapter 4. Negotiating sovereigntyHispanic attempts at a protectorate over the United Provinces (1628-1632)Relinquishing sovereignty: The Treaty of Munster (1648). The incomplete Republic. A patrimonial concept of sovereigntyTransferring the rights over the Low Countries. Negotiating spiritual sovereigntyMonarchia in EcclesiaThe Dutch Republic and the problem of spiritual sovereignty 192Chapter 5. Negotiating religious coexistence and tolerationThe politics of confessionalization. The Spanish Monarchy and its confessional reason of state. From the 'Arminian troubles' to William ii's stadholderate: Religious allegiances and politics in the United ProvincesReligious tolerance and confessional coexistence. Tolerance as (the lesser) evil. Dutch tolerance and its limitsThe Dutch Republic and its Catholic subjects: negotiating coexistence in Den BoschChapter 6. An invalid conclusion or a peace not meant to last (but which did)BibliographyIndex

Laura Manzano Baena is currently working for the Spanish State Society for Cultural Action.

'Conflicting Words' is and is not a work of political history, intellectual history, or cultural history. It also is and is not a comparative history. Most of the text covers the ideological disputes between the Spanish and the Dutch, but the culminating event—namely, the peace treaty—envelops the entire enterprise in a larger European context. The analysis in this book reveals that the Dutch stadholder Frederick Henry saw himself as both a Dutch statesman and a European noble, that the French served as both examples and counterexamples for both sides of the table, that the specter of past revolts in Portugal and Catalonia haunted the Spanish monarchy, that the Dutch were cognizant of the fate of coreligionists in the Holy Roman empire, and more. Both the history and historiography presented in 'Conflicting Words' show an aspiration not simply to cross borders but ultimatelyto create a pan-European history and historical tradition.Laura Cruz, Western Carolina University, Journal of Modern History, September 2013, vol. 85, no. 3

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. RebelsConfronting rebellionReligion and revolt: The United ProvincesThe Spanish attitude towards rebellion. 'No reason to revolt': Privileges and rebellion. Sacrilege and rebellion. Negotiating with rebels in an international setting:From Cologne to MünsterChapter 2. TyrantsTyranny's two faces and the problem of tyrannicideFighting usurpers: Defining the tyrant in the Spanish Monarchy. The usurper's unjust rule. Distinguishing between impious tyrants and misguided rulersDefying tyrannical rule in the Low Countries and Catalonia. The tyrant's intolerable behaviour. Trusting the tyrant's word: The Dutch road to MünsterChapter 3. AuthoritySources, extension and limits to kingly power in the Spanish Monarchy. The power of kings. The morals of powerRefashioning authority in the United Provinces. Defining political authority. The peace negotiations with the Spanish Monarchy as a catalyst for internal strifeChapter 4. Negotiating sovereigntyHispanic attempts at a protectorate over the United Provinces (1628-1632)Relinquishing sovereignty: The Treaty of Munster (1648). The incomplete Republic. A patrimonial concept of sovereigntyTransferring the rights over the Low Countries. Negotiating spiritual sovereigntyMonarchia in EcclesiaThe Dutch Republic and the problem of spiritual sovereignty 192Chapter 5. Negotiating religious coexistence and tolerationThe politics of confessionalization. The Spanish Monarchy and its confessional reason of state. From the 'Arminian troubles' to William ii's stadholderate: Religious allegiances and politics in the United ProvincesReligious tolerance and confessional coexistence. Tolerance as (the lesser) evil. Dutch tolerance and its limitsThe Dutch Republic and its Catholic subjects: negotiating coexistence in Den BoschChapter 6. An invalid conclusion or a peace not meant to last (but which did)BibliographyIndex

Laura Manzano Baena is currently working for the Spanish State Society for Cultural Action.

'Conflicting Words' is and is not a work of political history, intellectual history, or cultural history. It also is and is not a comparative history. Most of the text covers the ideological disputes between the Spanish and the Dutch, but the culminating event—namely, the peace treaty—envelops the entire enterprise in a larger European context. The analysis in this book reveals that the Dutch stadholder Frederick Henry saw himself as both a Dutch statesman and a European noble, that the French served as both examples and counterexamples for both sides of the table, that the specter of past revolts in Portugal and Catalonia haunted the Spanish monarchy, that the Dutch were cognizant of the fate of coreligionists in the Holy Roman empire, and more. Both the history and historiography presented in 'Conflicting Words' show an aspiration not simply to cross borders but ultimatelyto create a pan-European history and historical tradition.Laura Cruz, Western Carolina University, Journal of Modern History, September 2013, vol. 85, no. 3

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. RebelsConfronting rebellionReligion and revolt: The United ProvincesThe Spanish attitude towards rebellion. 'No reason to revolt': Privileges and rebellion. Sacrilege and rebellion. Negotiating with rebels in an international setting:From Cologne to MünsterChapter 2. TyrantsTyranny's two faces and the problem of tyrannicideFighting usurpers: Defining the tyrant in the Spanish Monarchy. The usurper's unjust rule. Distinguishing between impious tyrants and misguided rulersDefying tyrannical rule in the Low Countries and Catalonia. The tyrant's intolerable behaviour. Trusting the tyrant's word: The Dutch road to MünsterChapter 3. AuthoritySources, extension and limits to kingly power in the Spanish Monarchy. The power of kings. The morals of powerRefashioning authority in the United Provinces. Defining political authority. The peace negotiations with the Spanish Monarchy as a catalyst for internal strifeChapter 4. Negotiating sovereigntyHispanic attempts at a protectorate over the United Provinces (1628-1632)Relinquishing sovereignty: The Treaty of Munster (1648). The incomplete Republic. A patrimonial concept of sovereigntyTransferring the rights over the Low Countries. Negotiating spiritual sovereigntyMonarchia in EcclesiaThe Dutch Republic and the problem of spiritual sovereignty 192Chapter 5. Negotiating religious coexistence and tolerationThe politics of confessionalization. The Spanish Monarchy and its confessional reason of state. From the 'Arminian troubles' to William ii's stadholderate: Religious allegiances and politics in the United ProvincesReligious tolerance and confessional coexistence. Tolerance as (the lesser) evil. Dutch tolerance and its limitsThe Dutch Republic and its Catholic subjects: negotiating coexistence in Den BoschChapter 6. An invalid conclusion or a peace not meant to last (but which did)BibliographyIndex