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The Eighty Years War

From Revolt to Regular War, 1568-1648
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 2024

Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2024
Copyright Year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-90-8728-333-9
ISBN-Online
978-94-006-0498-8
Publisher
Leiden University Press, Leiden
Series
Military History of the Netherlands
Volume
1
Language
English
Pages
499
Product Type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Preface No access
  2. Introduction No access 11 - 14
    1. Chapter One: The integration of the Low Countries No access
      1. The iconoclastic fury (1566) No access
      2. The arrival of Alva and the campaign of 1568 No access
      3. The Sea Beggars (1568–1572) No access
      4. The beginning of armed conflict in Holland and Zeeland (1572) No access
      5. The Revolt in Holland and Zeeland (1572–1576) No access
      6. The Pacification of Ghent: all the provinces in revolt (1576–1578) No access
      7. The Unions of Utrecht and Arras (1579) No access
      8. War on two fronts (1579–1585) No access
      9. Leicester as governor-general (1585–1588) No access
      10. Conclusion No access
        1. Siege warfare No access
        2. Battles No access
        3. The infantry: weapons and tactics No access
        4. The cavalry: weapons and tactics No access
        5. Field and siege artillery No access
        1. Maritime strategy and operational concepts No access
        2. Artillery and tactics No access
        3. Disabling enemy fleets No access
        4. Protecting the merchant and fishing fleet No access
        5. Attacks on enemy shipping No access
        6. Support for land operations No access
      3. Conclusion No access
        1. Free soldiers No access
        2. The landsknechts (until about 1576) No access
        3. Abolition of the landsknecht system in Holland (1572–1576) No access
        4. Discharging the royal army in the Low Countries (1576–1578) No access
        5. The Union army (1579–1587) No access
        6. The size of the army and financing the war effort on land No access
        1. Public and private, lawful and unlawful No access
        2. The admiralty in the sixteenth century No access
        3. The insurgents and the admiralties No access
        4. Shore organisation, ships and equipment No access
        5. The ships’ companies: from admiral to seaman No access
        6. The financing of the navy No access
      3. Conclusion No access
      1. The Republic on the counterattack (1588–1599) No access
      2. The Republic explores its boundaries (1599–1604) No access
      3. The road to the Truce (1604–1609) No access
      4. War suspended for twelve years (1609–1621) No access
      5. The Republic at bay (1621–1628) No access
      6. On the counterattack again (1629–1633) No access
      7. The attack on the southern Netherlands (1634–1640) No access
      8. The end game (1641–1646) No access
      9. The Peace of Münster (1646–1648) No access
      10. Conclusion No access
        1. The tactical military revolution No access
        2. The logistical organisation of campaigns No access
        3. Sieges No access
        1. Maritime operations, ships and artillery No access
        2. A maritime revolution? From Gibraltar to the Downs No access
        3. Convoys, blockades and patrols No access
        4. Privateering No access
        5. Support for land operations No access
      3. Conclusion No access
        1. The appointment of officers No access
        2. Mustering No access
        3. Running a company No access
        4. The solliciteurs-militair No access
        5. The size of the army and how it was financed No access
        1. The organisation of the admiralties No access
        2. The admiralties and the generality No access
        3. Financing the navy No access
        4. The naval high command No access
        5. Flag and other officers No access
        6. Recruiting ships’ crews No access
        7. Management on board warships No access
      3. Conclusion No access
      1. War and the law No access
      2. Sovereign, rebellion and terror No access
      3. Revolt, terror and the people No access
      4. War, the military and the population No access
      5. Revolt, war, prisoners-of-war No access
      6. Conclusion No access
    5. Concluding observations No access
  5. Chronology, nomenclature and units of measurement No access 441 - 441
    1. Introduction No access
    2. Chapter One No access
    3. Chapter Two No access
    4. Chapter Three No access
    5. Chapter Four No access
    6. Chapter Five No access
    7. Chapter Six No access
    8. Chapter Seven No access
    9. Chapter Eight No access
    1. Archive sources No access
    2. Manuscripts No access
    3. Printed sources No access
  8. Tables No access 484 - 484
  9. About the authors No access 485 - 485
  10. Illustration credits No access 486 - 487
  11. Index No access 488 - 499

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