A Miracle Mirrored
Subtitle: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective
Contributors: Karel Davids (Editor); Jan Lucassen (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780521462471
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Foreign Relations; Western Europe - History; History; Politics and government; History: World; Netherlands; Europe - General; Western Europe - Benelux; History / Europe / General; History-Europe - General; Netherlands--Politics and government--1556-16; Netherlands--Politics and government--1556-1648; Europe; 1556-1648; Political culture; Relations
First sentence: The United Provinces were, in the celebrated phrase of Sir William Temple, 'the fear of some, the envy of others and the wonder of all their neighbours'.