Dutch Declaration of Independence - Milestone Documents

Dutch Declaration of Independence

( 1581 )

Further Reading

Articles

  • Brandon, Pepijn. “The Dutch Revolt: A Social Analysis.” International Socialism 116 (Autumn 2007): 139–164.

Books

  • Arnade, Peter. Beggars, Iconoclasts, and Civic Patriots: The Political Culture of the Dutch Revolt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008.
  • Darby, Graham, ed. The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt. London: Routledge, 2001.
  • Geyl, Pieter. History of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples, 1555–1648. London: Phoenix Press, 2001.
  • ———. The Revolt of the Netherlands, 1555–1609. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1980.
  • Israel, Jonathan I. The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477–1806. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press, 1998.
  • Koenigsberger, H. G. Monarchies, States Generals and Parliaments: The Netherlands in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  • Limm, Peter. The Dutch Revolt, 1559–1648. London: Longman, 1999.
  • Parker, Geoffrey. The Dutch Revolt. New York: Penguin, 1977.
  • ———. Spain and the Netherlands, 1559–1659: Ten Studies. London: Collins, 1979.
  • Tracy, James D. The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance, and Politics in Holland, 1572–1588. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Van Gelderen, Martin. The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt, 1555–1590. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Web Sites

  • Wolff, Barbara. “Was Declaration of Independence Inspired by Dutch?” University of Wisconsin–Madison News Web site. http://www.news.wisc.edu/3049.
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