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Origins and Development of the Dutch Revoltby Graham Darby
Routledge 2001; US$ 40.95Bringing together the latest scholarship and research from leading experts in the field this study examines the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the sixteenth century. more...
Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406by Sergio Boffa
Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 95.00The duchy of Brabant was one of the most powerful principalities of the Low Countries. The second half of the 14th century saw a particularly dramatic period in its history: the house of Leuven was on the point of disappearance, the duchy was coveted by Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and, by a network of alliances, Brabant was drawn into the Hundred Years' War. more...
History of the Low Countriesby Paul Arblaster
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 80.00This is the first full historical survey of the Benelux area (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) to be written in English. Paul Arblaster describes the whole sweep of the history of the Low Countries, from Roman frontier provinces, through medieval principalities, to the establishment of the three constitutional monarchies of the present day. This readable overview highlights the international importance of the social, economic, spiritual, and cultural movements that have marked the region. more...
Gevallen vazallenby Liesbeth Geevers
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 61.50Tijdens het voorspel van de Nederlandse Opstand (1559-1567) vond een fatale breuk plaats tussen landsheer Filips II en zijn drie belangrijkste vazallen Oranje, Egmont en Horn. Toch waren er in deze periode vele contacten tussen de drie heren en hovelingen van Filips die erop gericht waren hechte banden te smeden tussen 'Brussel' en 'Madrid.' Deze studie gaat over deze contacten. Wie zocht eigenlijk contact met wie? Welke doelstellingen hadden beide groepen? Waarom waren deze contacten onvoldoende om een goede relatie tussen vorst en vazallen in stand te houden? Door de briefwisseling van Oranje, Egmont en Horn en allerhande Spaanse tussenpersonen te onderzoeken, schetst de auteur een beeld van de houding van de heren ten opzicht... more...
Constitutional Documents of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands 17891848by Fred Stevens; Philippe Poirier; Peter A.J. van den Berg
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 419.00The seventh Europe volume of Constitutions of the World covers Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; a central European region in which constitutional echoes of the revolutions of 1789, 1830 and 1848, the restoration following the Congress of Vienna and the national independence movements can be found. The scope of the edited source material reaches from the 1789 "Liège declaration on human rights" and the "Declaratie van de Rechten van de Mens en Burger van Holland" from 1795 to the constitutional documents of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815 1830/39) and the Kingdom of Belgium, founded in 1831, and to the "Verfassung des Großherzogtums Luxemburg" (Constitution of the Grand Duchy... more...
Empires and Entrepotsby Jonathan Israel
Continuum International Publishing 1990; US$ 180.00The confrontation between Spain and the Dutch Republic was a key factor in European and world history. In this collection, Jonathan Israel explores the various aspects of this many-sided struggle, at the level of government policy, military strategy and diplomacy; and in respect of the differing fortunes of regions, towns and groups, and the Sephardic Jews. more...
The Fragility of Lawby David Fraser
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 145.00The Fragility of Law examines the ways in which, during the second world war, the Belgian government and judicial structure became implicated in the identification, exclusion and killing of its Jewish residents, and in the theft - through Aryanization - of Jewish property. more...
Tranen van bloedby Peter de Cauwer
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 77.50New insights into the eighty years' war and the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch more...
Van Waterloo tot Uruzganby Wim Klinkert
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 12.00Wat kan het vakgebied van de militaire geschiedenis bijdragen over een land met een non-militair zelfbeeld en zeer weinig gevechtservaring (als het om landsverdediging in Europa gaat)? Deze vraag staat centraal tijdens de oratie van Wim Klinkert. Hij stelt onder andere dat we moeten zoeken naar de militaire identiteit die er wél is in de Nederlandse geschiedenis maar naar de achtergrond wordt gedrukt door het dominante non-militaire zelfbeeld. Daarnaast is het belangrijk om zichtbaar te maken dat Nederland in zijn militaire voorbereidingen op oorlog en zijn handelen in crisisperioden (zoals de Eerste Wereldoorlogen) niet anders handelt dan andere Europese landen. Klinkert pleit tot slot voor een internationaal vergelijkende/cultuurhistorische... more...
Historical Dictionary of Brusselsby Paul State
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2004; US$ 99.99Historical Dictionary of Brussels covers the leading places, personalities, events, and institutions that have shaped civic life in the Belgian capital. The first comprehensive English-language history of Brussels in reference form, this book includes a narrative of the city's history, more than 600 dictionary entries, and an extensive bibliography. Students, academics, professionals in the public and private sectors, residents, and visitors will find this an essential reference. more...









