History of the Low Countries; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. A Long Beginning; Chapter 2. Counts, Cities, and Clerics; Chapter 3. The Formation of a Political Union, 1300-1588; Chapter 4. The Dutch Republic, 1588-1780; Chapter 5. The Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, 1579 - 1780; Chpater 6. Revolution in the North and South, 1780-1830; Chapter 7. Belgium since 1830; Chapter 8. The Netherlands since 1830; Epilogue; Recommended Literature; Index |