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William the Silent

by Frederic Harrison

Pages: 262

Contributors: Frederic Harrison

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited

Place of Publication: London

Publication Year: 1897

Subjects: William--I,--Prince Of Orange,--1533-1584

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Chapter I Family--Birth--Education--Early Life 1533-1556

Chapter II General and Minister--Second Marriage--In Loyal Opposition 1656-1564

Chapter III the Protestant Revolution 1564-1567

Chapter IV Sedition--Rebellion--War 1566-1567

Chapter V Alva--Terror--Defeat 1567-1569

Chapter VI in Exile and Affliction--The Nassau Family 1567-1580

Chapter VII Beggars of the Sea--Brill--St. Bartholomew-- Defeat 1569-1572

Chapter VIII the Death Grapple--Negotiations--Abandonment 1572-1574

Chapter IX Requesens--Leyden--Charlotte De Bourbon 1573-1576

Chapter X Don John--General Union--Apogee 1576-1578

Chapter XI Discord--Ban--Apology 1577-1580

Chapter XII United States--Anjou--Assassins 1581-1583

Chapter XIII Louise De Cologny--Death--Conclusion 1583-1584

Appendix A

Appendix B Portraits of William the Silent

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