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William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584

by C. V. Wedgwood. 258 pgs.

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Yale University Press

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New Haven, CT

Publication Year:

1944

Subjects:

William--I,--Prince of Orange,--1533-1584, Netherlands--History--Wars of Independence, 1556-1648

Table of contents

	CONTENTS
I	GLORIOUS MORNING, 1533-1559	9
II	THE GATHERING STORM, 1559-1565	31
III	PROLOGUE TO TRAGEDY, 1565-1567	64
IV	THE LONG NIGHT, 1567-1572	97
V	WATERS OF SALVATION, 1572-1574	124
VI	LEAGUES AND CONFLICTS, 1574-1577	149
VII	NO SURE FOUNDATION, 1577-1579	178
VIII	'UNITED WE STAND', 1579-1581	205
IX	'DIVIDED WE FALL', 1581-1584	224
X	MURDER AT DELFT, 1584	248
	INDEX	254
	WILLIAM OF ORANGE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-TWO Frontispiece From the painting after in the Prinsenhof at
	WILLIAM OF ORANGE AT THE AGE OF FORTY-EIGHT to face p. From the painting attributed to Adrien Key in the Mauritshuis at the	222
	MAP: The Netherlands at the time of the War of Liberation to face p.	9

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William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
Book by C. V. Wedgwood; Yale University Press, 1944
Subjects:	Netherlands--History--Wars of Independence, 1556-1648, William--I--Prince of Orange--1533-1584
...CROMWELL WILLIAM THE SILENT William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584 BY C. V. WEDGWOOD NEW HAVEN YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS...without written permission from the publishers. THE WILLIAM McKEAN BROWN MEMORIAL PUBLICATION FUND The present...Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania. CONTENTS I GLORIOUS MORNING, 1533-1559 9...long-awaited heir was soon healthily moderated, for Juliana, a princess, as contemporaries approvingly noted, of an admirable fecundity...

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William the Silent
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Subjects:	Netherlands--History--Wars Of Independence, 1556-1648, William--I--Prince Of Orange--1533-1584
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William the Silent
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