William III the Stadholder-king: A Political Biography

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005 - History - 361 pages
In Britain the name of William III is synonymous with sectarianism and Orangism. Ever since he burst onto the English political landscape in 1688 to take the throne of his catholic uncle, James II, William has tended to be viewed within a largely domestic
 

Contents

List of Abbreviations
2
Youth 165066
25
The Grand Pensionary at Work
32
The Restoration of the Stuarts and the Failure of Hollands Plans
40
The Path to Power
47
The Republic Isolated
68
The Year of Catastrophe 1672
75
The Task and the Tools
95
Leopold Is War with the Turks Makes Action against France
163
James II William III and Louis XIV 168588
175
The Glorious Revolution 168889
197
William III as King of England 16891702
215
War or Peace? 16891702
239
William III and Scotland 16601702
263
William III and Ireland
277
Conclusion
293

The Princes Secret
103
Holland and Zeeland
112
Retains the Upper Hand
128
The Marriage to Mary Stuart II
136
The Twenty Years Truce of Regensburg 167984
149
Bibliography
301
Index
329
195
336
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Dr Wout Troost is an Independent Scholar from The Netherlands.

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