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History of Holland

George Edmundson (1848 - 1930)

The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	General Preface, Prologue	Esther	00:06:44
Play 01	The Burgundian Netherlands	Esther	00:28:06
Play 02	Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands	Marian Brown	00:38:34
Play 03	The Prelude to the Revolt	Kirsten Ferreri	00:48:29
Play 04	The Revolt of the Netherlands	Riccardo Fasol	01:07:09
Play 05	William the Silent	Gesine	00:36:58
Play 06	The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic	Marloes Schoonheim	01:08:13
Play 07	The System of Government	Cori Samuel	00:24:51
Play 08	The Twelve Years' Truce	Esther	00:21:35
Play 09	Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt	hefyd	00:32:14
Play 10	From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange	hefyd	00:54:10
Play 11	The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .	Jim Mowatt	01:22:41
Play 12	Letters, Science and Art	Cori Samuel	00:49:34
Play 13	The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly	Sibella Denton	00:25:06
Play 14	Rise of John de Witt. The First English War	Fracture	00:30:38
Play 15	The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War	hefyd	00:29:25
Play 16	The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion	hefyd	00:41:42
Play 17	The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly	Jim Mowatt	00:17:53
Play 18	The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688	Marloes Schoonheim	00:38:29
Play 19	The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702	Cori Samuel	00:30:46
Play 20	The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715	Jim Mowatt	00:36:30
Play 21	The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740	Esther	00:22:47
Play 22	The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751	Sibella Denton	00:27:16
Play 23	The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766	Sibella Denton	00:12:05
Play 24	William V. First Period, 1766-1780	Sibella Denton	00:13:14
Play 25	Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention.	Sibella Denton	00:26:44
Play 26	The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795	Cori Samuel	00:18:50
Play 27	The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806	Sibella Denton	00:34:00
Play 28	The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814	Cori Samuel	00:27:34
Play 29	The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815	Esther	00:24:28
Play 30	The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830	Ezwa	00:37:21
Play 31	The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842	Ezwa	00:47:07
Play 32	William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849	Cori Samuel	00:15:51
Play 33	Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872	Menno	00:22:34
Play 34	The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898	Menno	00:23:48
Play 35	The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917	Menno	00:09:05
Play 36	Epilogue	Esther	00:11:20

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