Treason in the Northern Quarter: War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt

by Henk F.K. van Nierop

Book Overview

In the spring of 1575, Holland's Northern Quarter--the waterlogged peninsula stretching from Amsterdam to the North Sea--was threatened with imminent invasion by the Spanish army. Since the outbreak of the Dutch Revolt a few years earlier, the Spanish had repeatedly failed to expel the rebels under William of Orange from this remote region, and now there were rumors that the war-weary population harbored traitors conspiring to help the Spanish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691178046
• ISBN13: 9780691178042
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"