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The Princes of Orange Herbert H. Rowen (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

The Princes of Orange By Herbert H. Rowen (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

Summary

An assessment of the Stadholderate of the Dutch Republic. The author looks at the career of each Prince of Orange in turn, from William I (The Silent), to the last and possibly the saddest, William V, examining their personal lives and characters with the development of the institution.

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The Princes of Orange Summary

The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic by Herbert H. Rowen (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

This major study provides the first comprehensive assessment of an important European institution, the Stadholderate of the Dutch Republic. Professor Rowen looks at the career of each Prince of Orange in turn, from William I ('The Silent'), to the last and saddest, William V, examining their roles as Stadholder and interweaving their personal lives and characters with the development of the institution. Without engaging in psycho-history, Rowen treats the individual personality of each Stadholder as a significant factor, and shows how the Stadholderate contributed to a distinctive political and constitutional coloration that rendered the United Provinces unique in Europe. The work assesses the contribution of the Stadholderate to the rise and subsequent fall of the Dutch Republic as one of the great powers of early modern Europe, and analyses each prince within his contemporary context, avoiding the highly present-minded approach of many of the Republic's subsequent historians. The Princes of Orange is thus neither a work of hagiography, glorifying the Dutch royal house, nor a piece of destructive iconoclasm, but an authoritative account of a most unusual political, dynastic and diplomatic institution.

The Princes of Orange Reviews

' ... a skilful outline history which promises to enable the ordinary reader with little previous knowledge of Dutch history to grasp the essence of the political history of one of the more distinctive, dynamic and creative societies of early modern times.' The Times Literary Supplement

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Preface; Prologue; 1. William I: from courtier to rebel; 2. Maurice of Nassau: defender of the Republic; 3. Frederick Henry: firm in moderation; 4. William II: the challenger; 5. The first stadholderless period: 1 exclusion; 6. The first stadholderless period: 2 return; 7. William III: Stadholder and king; 8. The second stadholderless period: doldrums; 9. William IV: neither revolutionary nor reformer; 10. William V: the era of Anna and Brunswick; 11. William V: the Patriot challenge; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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CIN0521396530G
9780521396530
0521396530
The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic by Herbert H. Rowen (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
Used - Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
19900920
268
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