William of Orange and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1572-84 Book

	Foreword	xi
	List of Illustrations	xiv
	List of Abbreviations	xv
	K.W. Swart: His Career as a Historian	1
	From 'Loyal Servant' to 'Irreconcilable Opponent' of Spain: Koenraad Swart's Interpretation of William of Orange, 1533-72	8
1	The Defence of Holland and Zeeland, 1572-76	29
	Orange's finest hour	29
	The religious revolution	34
	The new political order	43
	The baptism of fire withstood	61
	Fruitless attempts to win foreign support	70
	Marriage to Charlotte de Bourbon	76
	Better war than an uncertain peace	84
	Renewed Spanish offensive	89
	The offer of Supreme Authority	92
	Abandoned by the whole world	96
2	The Whole Fatherland in Revolt, 1576-77	103
	Orange's triumph	103
	The Brussels coup d'etat	105
	The Pacification of Ghent	109
	Triumph in the duel with Don John	114
	Orange becomes one of Queen Elizabeth's best friends	128
	Entrusted with the leadership of the country's government	132
	Plans for marriages between Orange's and Aerschot's children	139
	The mutability of all earthly things	142
3	The General Union Falls Apart, 1578-79	144
	Holding court in the castle of Antwerp	144
	The beginning of Orange's conflict with Ghent	149
	Holland and Zeeland's stubborn self-will and the Union of Utrecht	157
	Money is the sinew of war	162
	Ghent temporarily taken in hand	167
	Parma's first successes	170
	The failure of the Cologne peace negotiations	175
	Declining popularity	180
4	Outlawry and Apology, 1580	186
5	Fruitless Attempts to Turn the Spanish Tide, 1579-83	200
	The war drags on at a snail's pace	200
	Failed attempts to reform the government	202
	Anjou chosen as overlord	207
	Reasons for Orange's unfortunate French policy	214
	Anjou's short-lived rule	220
6	The Bitter End, 1583-84	233
	The disastrous consequences of the French Fury	233
	Reconciliation with Anjou	235
	Return to Holland	238
	Further enemy gains of territory	242
	Count of Holland	243
	Orange's political testament	247
	The assassination of Orange	252
	Bibliography	258
	Archives	258
	Pamphlets	260
	Published sources and literature to 1800	262
	Literature since 1800	266
	Index	275