The Story of Nations

The Story of Nations
Thorold Rogers, english economist, historian and Liberal politician (1823-1890)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- PREFACE
-03- HOLLAND
-04- EARLY DAYS
-05- THE RISE OF THE CHARTERED TOWNS
-06- THE HOUSE OF BURGUNDY
-07- CHARLES THE HEADSTRONG
-08- MARY OF BURGUNDY
-09- CHARLES, COUNT OF FLANDERS AND EMPEROR
-10- THE ACCESSION OF PHILIP OF SPAIN
-11- MARGARET OF PARMA
-12- ALVA
-13- REQUESENS, THE GRAND COMMANDER
-14- DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA
-15- ALEXANDER OF PARMA
-16- THE LAST YEARS OF WILLIAM THE SILENT
-17- THE PROJECTS OF PHILIP
-18- HENRY THE THIRD AND ELIZABETH
-19- ANTWERP AND THE ARMADA
-20- THE LAST YEARS OF PARMA
-21- AFTER THE DEATH OF PARMA
-22- DUTCH ENTERPRISE
-23- THE DUTCH INDIES
-24- THE ARCHDUKES AND THE WAR
-25- THE UNIVERSAL EAST INDIA COMPANY
-26- THE TRUCE
-27- THE BANK OF AMSTERDAM
-28- RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS, AND THE MURDER OF BARNEVELDT
-29- THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR, AND RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES
-30- COLLISIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
-31- THE ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN DE WITT
-32- TO THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN
-33- FROM THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN TO THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
-34- THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
-35- FROM THE WAR OF 1689 TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK 1697
-36- FROM THE PEACE OF RYSWICK TO THE TREATY OF UTRECHT
-37- THE INTERNAL TROUBLES OF THE REPUBLIC
-38- DOWN HILL
-39- HOLLAND TO THE TIME OF THE ARMED NEUTRALITY
-40- FROM THE WAR OF 1781 TO THE CREATION OF MONARCHY
-41- CONCLUSION