The Dutch Wars of Independence: Warfare and Commerce in the Netherlands 1570-1680

by Marjolein T'Hart and Marjolein 't Hart

In The Dutch Wars of Independence, Marjolein 't Hart assesses the success of the Dutch in establishing their independence through their eighty years struggle with Spain. The volume investigates thoroughly the economic profitability of warfare in the early modern period and shows how smaller, commercialized states could sustain prolonged war violence common to that period. It moves beyond traditional explanations of Dutch success in warfare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415734223
• ISBN13: 9780415734226
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"