The Princes of Orange
Subtitle: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 28, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780521396530
Subjects: Central government; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Netherlands; Europe - General; Western Europe - Benelux; History / Europe / General; History-Europe - General
First sentence: At first glance William I, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, as the ranking nobleman in the country, might well have seemed the least likely person to lead the revolt that broke out in the Netherlands in 1566.