Monarchies, States Generals and Parliaments: The Netherlands in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

by H.G. Koenigsberger

Book Overview

This 2001 book charts the history of the States General - the parliament - of the Netherlands and its relations with two phases of monarchical rule in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Unlike the English parliament, the States General was a composite body, representing the local estates of the separate provinces which were anxious to keep their autonomy. The history of the States General was determined by this structure, and by its relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521044375
• ISBN13: 9780521044370
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"