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Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics

editors

maurice cowling

g.r. elton

e. kedourie

j.g.a. pocock

j.r. pole

walter ullmann

Texts concerning the Revolt of the Netherlands

 

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Texts concerning the Revolt of the Netherlands

edited with an introduction by E.H. KOSSMAN Professor of Modern History Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen and A.F. MELLINK Senior Lecturer in Modern History Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

 

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Published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London nwi 2db American Branch: 32 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022

© Cambridge University Press 1974

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 73-83103

isbn: 0 521 200148

First published 1974

Printed in Great Britain by Alden & Mowbray Ltd at the Alden Press, Oxford

 

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Contents

Preface		page xi
Introduction		1
Endnotes to Introduction		50
1	Philip II to the duchess of Parma, 17 October 1565	53
2	A brief discourse sent to King Philip, our prince and sovereign lord, for the interest and profit of His Majesty and in particular of his Netherlands, in which are expounded the means that should be applied to obviate the troubles and commotion about religion and to extirpate the sects and heresies that abound in the Low Countries, 1566	56
3	Compromise, January 1566	59
4	Petition of 5 April 1566	62
5	The description of the events which happened in the matter of religion in the Netherlands, 1569	66
6	Philip II to the duchess of Parma, 31 July 1566	69
7 and 8	The prince of Orange to the duchess of Parma, Antwerp, 4 September 1566	75 & 77
9	A true narrative and apology of what has happened in the Netherlands in the matter of religion in the year 1566. By those who profess the reformed religion in that country, 1567	78
10	Request of those of the new religion to the nobles confederated in the Compromise, 1567	81
11	The prince of Orange's warning to the inhabitants and subjects of the Netherlands, 1 September 1568	84
12	Faithful exhortation to the inhabitants of the Netherlands against the vain and false hopes their oppressors hold out to them, 1568	86
13	Direction for the deliverance of the Netherlands from the Spaniards. To William of Nassau, prince of Orange, 1571	89
14	Remonstrance of William of Nassau, prince of Orange etc., redeemer of the freedom of the Netherlands, to the States and the people, 1572	93

 

 

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15	Instruction and advice for the Honourable Philip Marnix, lord of St Aldegonde etc., delegate of my gracious lord and prince, the prince of Orange, to go to the town of Dordrecht on behalf of His Highness and to address the assembly of the States as directed and charged by His Highness, 1572	98
16	Missive from the knights, nobles and towns of Holland to the States of the country, 12 September 1573	102
17	A missive in the form of a supplication to His Royal Majesty of Spain, on behalf of the prince of Orange, the States of Holland and Zeeland, etc., 1573	106
18	The prince of Orange to Philip Marnix, Delft, 28 November 1573	109
19	The prince of Orange to Count John of Nassau, Dordrecht, 7 May 1574	112
20	A kind admonition to the States of Brabant, Flanders etc. on their supplication handed to Don Luis de Requesens, 1574	115
21	Discourse of John Junius de Jonghe, 1574	119
22	Brief and true account of what happened at the peace negotiation of Breda, 20 March 1575	124
23	Pacification of Ghent, 8 November 1576	126
24	First Union of Brussels, 9 January 1577	133
25	Advice and answer of the prince of Orange and the States of Holland and Zeeland to some articles concluded in the form of a Perpetual Edict, 19 February 1577	135
26	Letters written by His Highness to the States, prelates, nobles, towns and some private persons of the provinces of the Netherlands, 14 August 1577	137
27	A short account of the true causes and reasons which have forced the States General of the Netherlands to take measures for their protection against Don John of Austria, 1577	139
28	Articles by which Archduke Matthias was accepted as governor and captain-general of the provinces in the Netherlands, 1577	141
29	Second Union of Brussels, 10 December 1577	145
30	Answer to a pamphlet entitled ‘Declaration of the opinion of Lord Don John of Austria’, 1578	148

 

 

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31	Answer from the States General of the Netherlands to a proposition from His Imperial Majesty, 1578	151
32	A letter containing an advice concerning the state of affairs in the Netherlands, 1 June 1578	152
33	A supplication to His Highness and to members of the Council of State handed in by the inhabitants of these Netherlands, who protest that they desire to live according to the reformation of the Gospel, 22 June 1578	155
34	Cry of the watchman. A warning to all lovers of the glory of God, the fatherland and its privileges and freedoms, 1578	157
35	The true patriot to the good patriots, 1578	159
36	A discourse upon the permission of freedom of religion, called Religions-vrede in the Netherlands, 1579	163
37	Treaty of the Union, eternal alliance and confederation made in the town of Utrecht by the countries and their towns and members, 29 January 1579	165
38	A discourse containing a true understanding of the Pacification of Ghent, of the Union of the States and other ensuing treaties in the matter of religion, 1579	173
39	Discourse of Elbertus Leoninus, councillor of State, to the States General at Antwerp, 11 April 1579	177
40	Letters from the States of the Netherlands to the Electors and other commissaries of His Imperial Majesty sent to Cologne to make peace, 10 September 1579	180
41	A brief discourse upon the peace negotiations which are now taking place at Cologne between the king of Spain and the States of the Netherlands, 1579	183
42	Advice and counsel of the prince of Orange on some articles sent to His Excellency by the deputies of the Union, 28 September 1579	188
43	About the constraint upon conscience practised in Holland. A conversation between D.V.C. and N.V.L., 7 November, 1579	191
44	Proceedings of the peace negotiations at Cologne, in the presence of the commissaries of His Imperial Majesty, 1581	197
45	Remonstrance made to the deputies of the States General at Antwerp, by the prince of Orange, 9 January 1580	200

 

 

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46	The return of harmony in the Netherlands by the return of Madame, 1580	203
47	Emanuel and Ernest. Dialogue of two persons on the state of the Netherlands, 1580	206
48	Apology or Defence of His Serene Highness William by the grace of God prince of Orange etc. against the ban or edict published by the king of Spain, 1581	211
49	Edict of the States General of the United Netherlands by which they declare that the king of Spain has forfeited the sovereignty and government of the afore-said Netherlands, with a lengthy explanation of the reasons thereof, and in which they forbid the use of his name and seal in these same countries, 26 July 1581	216
50	A true warning to all worthy men of Antwerp, 1581	228
51	A fraternal warning to all Christian brethren, who have been ordained by God to elect the authorities and magistrates in the towns of the united provinces, in which the Holy Gospel is preached and the reformed religion is exercised, 6 August 1581	231
52	Remonstrance of His Excellency at Antwerp to the States, 1 December 1581	234
53	Advice of the prince of Orange as to which course to take in the critical situation in which the Netherlands find themselves, 7 February 1583	236
54	Answer from a good patriot and citizen of the town of Ghent to the notorious pamphlet entitled: Advice of a citizen of the town of Ghent, who has become embittered by the calamities in his town, 1583	240
55	A discourse outlining the best and surest form and frame of government to be established in the Netherlands in these times, 1583	243
56	An explanation of the advice published in the name of the prince of Orange with a corollary, 1583	246
57	A warning to all honest inhabitants of the Netherlands, who are united and allied to protect the freedom of their religion, and all persons, privileges and old usages against the tyranny of the Spaniards and their adherents, 1583	249

 

 

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58	A humble discourse and simple exposition of the only means of protecting from now on these poor oppressed Netherlands from further destruction and how to end soon this deplorable war, 1583	252
59	About the present condition of government in the Netherlands, 1583	255
60	A missive from the States General to the towns of Ghent and Bruges, 15 March 1584	259
61	A remonstrance to the States General about the restoration and the maintenance of the State of the Netherlands (by a nobleman of Flanders), 1584	261
62	Discourse of a nobleman, a patriot partial to public peace, upon peace and war in these Low Countries, 1584	264
63	A short instruction by one who has at heart the prosperity of these Netherlands, in which it is clearly shown that it is lawful to resist a king or lord of the country, 1586	267
64	Prouninck's Apology, 10 March 1587	269
65	Thomas Wilkes' Remonstrance to the States General and the States of Holland, March 1587	272
66	A short exposition of the rights exercised by the knights, nobles and towns of Holland and West Friesland from time immemorial for the maintenance of the freedoms, rights, privileges and laudable customs of the country, 16 October 1587	274
67	Adrian Saravia: The reasons why some of the magistrates of Leyden have conceived a bad opinion of me and caused me to be suspected by the States of Holland, 6 October 1588	282
Bibliography		286
Index		289

 

 

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j.g. herder on social and political culture, translated, edited and with an introduction, by F.M. Barnard

the limits of state action, by Wilhelm von Humboldt. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by J.W. Burrow

kant's political writings, edited with an introduction and notes, by Hans Reiss; translated by H.B. Nisbet

marx's critique of hegel's ‘philosophy of right’, edited with an introduction and notes, by Joseph O'Malley; translated by Annette Jolin and Joseph O'Malley

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