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| Uisi1ty ~ M, D,pRr ~ h' 81. .tr7's n-
! p.tura f'u.NNta BIOS, Professor q
] Dutrh History IN tho I niycfsity ~ l"yI'r.
/ Translated hv RIM frrSAN dN'rausl.
/ u is wou known that this ho"N vhI,t V.l
ho comre'oI In i've volumes. I. to m1st
nu,hotltntiyc work upon IN" suhieot T.,
'mc has gone bv when 'r,dcuts ~ Dth
. history could rely upon Motlcv's wrtlnya
| which are good uatuIodlv de-"rihni hv PROT
! Rln, In hia preface ~ 50 nany holutifl
/ pi,tlrcs Motley IL cldssei with schllar
n, great word artist, but tho reader 10
| reminded thnt h"r works eutrnnc. him
/ rather tlan convince him OF the Justcs of
: their rcpre-en 'ations. The truth IL that
sound or, ''clsn Of Dutch history. based upon
comprehensive knowledge % the sources.
did not exist even In name until tho middle 4
/ tho nineteenth century. Up to that tins
t-eati-os from tho Protestant viewpoint
were In the majority. Then followed other,
/ based upon catholic principles. A bitter
| contest was carried on anew between tbs
| advoc ates ~ the two great thoolos slcal par
| ties a contest by which IN the cnd histori' II
/ truth was clarified. Prof. Biloxi. for hi,
| part. does not pretend that he finds II easy
TO exercise linpartalty. but he ventures
/ TO assert that he has consciontously tried
/ to reach the Ugh standard required for tho
discussion of a period that more than any
]
/ thought Of he heroic struggle maintained
for the do7rc.t property OF mankind, lt,
! freedom. lie has at all events. refralnci
/ studlousy from polomcs. both In order 10
| avoid marriug the Conference OF tho mar
| rative. and because tho critical discussion
| OF the numerous facts which would havs
| had to be treated would have Increased the
size Of the work beyond reasonable bounds.
The volume before US deals with the Eighty
| Years War between the Netherlands aud
! Spain. and. In the course OF tho narrative,
tho sieges Of lIaarlem. AlNmaar. Lcyden
| and Antwerp. and the campaigns OF Prince
| william and Prince Maurice are recounte1
In considerable detail The Involved course
OF the political and theological changes 10
nlso outlined In order to show how q free
republic was evolved from the Burgundaa
monarchy. The author. moreover. briefly
indicates how amid the commissions OF war
were laid the foundations FOR the commerce
and manufactures that blossomed forth Ia
the seventeenth century. We should add
that tho English version. the PRODUCTION
OF which was dlficult task. has besn
skiliu!ly done. Prof. Blok himself tas.lne,
to IT. accuracy, and. as regards its
literary merit. II 10 evident that tho trans
lator has kept In mind Dryden's Injunction
to be not only truc to her authors sense.
but truer to his fame.
In q chapter on the Duke Of Alva's admins
tratlon the author OF this work points ort
that the. year 1905 may be .aken as the date
dawned lnder ,fcrdinand. and Isabella.
reached i,s zSnith,, from that year many
Blok finds one OF tho chief OF these In ,ns
Spas ps a rd} iq99r and s7sGi9y to
Charles IL OF spain. but, sweat. Is the most
precious metal, ooin always current and
insnlq, its fertility had almost ' vanished with viii
ground. Charles V, made vigorous efforts
= revive work both IN field and factory.
success. 1t was deemed bette., TO be noO.s.
man. poor even to begRarv. than TO debass
oaes%il with toll Of any an. hipd royerty vas
Pa.Lo finances NJ, Tere IN. n as bad 20 o9ndisi2n q,
upon the verge of national bankruptcy. IN
sp.to Of the vast treasures that had, como
from acr9s. The sea Another fact less known
was at complete standstil, Not ions before.
sR fss. iqa pany SsG ina, syaa DRS rSs s
less robust than she seemed TO a superficial
In %a w0rd 'Is ,rs ssnst %sn ss
postsTity la. ieqrneG . comprehond what
Volt woiid strus.is r between olossas s on
crutches npd an opponent tiny but stiil fun
The discrlminauon and moderation which
chal acterize this history are oxcmplifed
II The The ,2 p,GS Of 5emhs 61ans on s Hs sss,
Catholic as well as the Calvirist view q
that deploi able event. Such" he ob.
whom the Nethcrland nation owes her inor-
pendence. H.s distinguished statesiGln-
c,5ii confass ~ and frrn confidence In the justics
OF the cause. his broad ideas about the 50
narrowly under-tood Ideas Of religion and
nf 1, nuStiutpi
liberty and sr!t-government. Rtve hira title
to the ed:ulr.ng homage OF posterity. as he
as tie fathcr Of thofatherlauJ, the man 'co
rep9.a m S"pn iRe Tdep,ntsnt love wss never % s drs
.acaGoa than il hs s dTef a@ys Of 1.I ssp
spondorcy sett"d on many in the reyoiied
Lrov.nce, violent indgnet!on against is
the k,ne whose ban had excited Il frishuui
panaS the BIER T Of FRINGE Wstn Of oTsnse SSG
& his last resting place; ot ,housand,. but
Many. Jealous Catholics rejoiced over tho
fal! Of the nan Who, who vas TIE gersSonitosuon
should be conoerne,d. the liberty Of eIerois-
ing ,hcir ~, own Gi%Gi r5 r!St?I Il b. IN s
land. In tho cost~r oi 81, Agstho. where the
unfortunate pastor Musius had Lived. the
(altCIlt- saw a ItIIb0Nlon lOI lile Cl4lle
committed by Lumey AGAINST that noble
priest and the Gorkum martyrs, the just
punishment OF God for all that the Kings
authority and their Church had suffered ,at
tue hands o! the Prince. as they thought.
And In tn" assassin they did not see TIE
trcacherous fanatic which no was, but tie
martyr Tor his belief. whose. fate thoy Ia.
pient.d. whose memory, I'll y honored. whose
head they sent n Co loGne as Q precious
relic. whose rcnut,tion they wished 70 en-.
hance by a canoniration. n plan that was
only rcllnluislod haN a century later. Thus
contempornres nisjudged the aims Of the
great Orange Primo, who. both from q uni.
vcrsll human "a from an especial political
point II view. .wns the champion Of freedom
of religion and of conscience, for all who.
SO far az he could. protected y" Catholics
against the hatred OF tho Jealous Calvnsu
and had many TN . risked his popularity
in So doing The future looked dark for tho
revoltcd rovinces, deprived forever OF the
great loader who had shown them the way
wi n ~ FINN u hand"
How li'tic the Hlthors aenss Of equity
II warred, evon by Patriotism. 10 evident
from his, estimate ot philip H. IN which be
renders Justice 70, such virtues as that SOW
eroiGn Undoubtedly nossc'sed. II VIII bs
rem embered thst Mo'lev's portrai. Il all
sh h'dnw After recalling Tho fact that Philip
RI dici Of frirh; 'ul malav. that covered hls
lf,ila ioh