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The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen

By: Herbert Harvey Rowen

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The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen

By: Herbert Harvey Rowen

This volume brings together essays and reviews of Herbert H. Rowen, professor emeritus of Rutgers University, foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the first important English-speaking historians of the Dutch Republic since John Lothrop Motley. Many of the essays, though published previously, have not been readily available, while several appear here for the first time.

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0792315278

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The Princes of Orange

The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic

By: Herbert H. Rowen

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The Princes of Orange

The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic

By: Herbert H. Rowen

This major study provides the first comprehensive assessment of an important European institution, the Stadholderate of the Dutch Republic. Professor Rowen looks at the career of each Prince of Orange in turn, from William I ('The Silent'), to the last and saddest, William V, examining their roles as Stadholder and interweaving their personal lives and characters with the development of the institution. Without engaging in psycho-history, Rowen treats the individual personality of each Stadholder as a significant factor, and shows how the Stadholderate contributed to a distinctive political and constitutional coloration that rendered the United Provinces unique in Europe. The work assesses the contribution of the Stadholderate to the rise and subsequent fall of the Dutch Republic as one of the great powers of early modern Europe, and analyses each prince within his contemporary context, avoiding the highly present-minded approach of many of the Republic's subsequent historians. The Princes of Orange is thus neither a work of hagiography, glorifying the Dutch royal house, nor a piece of destructive iconoclasm, but an authoritative account of a most unusual political, dynastic and diplomatic institution.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521396530

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9780521396530

John de Witt

Statesman of the "True Freedom"

By: Herbert H. Rowen

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John de Witt

Statesman of the "True Freedom"

By: Herbert H. Rowen

A biography of Holland's 'philosopher-king', the 'Grand Pensionary' John de Witt (1625-72).

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0521527082

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9780521527088

The Ambassador Prepares for War

The Dutch Embassy of Arnauld de Pomponne 1669–1671

By: Herbert H. Rowen

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The Ambassador Prepares for War

The Dutch Embassy of Arnauld de Pomponne 1669–1671

By: Herbert H. Rowen

The scope of this study is narrow-the activities of a single ambas sador for little more than two years. The problem it treats is wide and universal-the origins of a great war. There can be no adequate history of the relations between states whieh does not take into account the knowledge, judgment and deci sions of individual statesmen. Diplomatie history, though only a part, is a necessary part of the history of international relations. Within a more or less c10sely circumscribed range of possibilities, men in power choose between alternative policies, with results they may or may not have anticipated. The historian therefore can and should describe the past, present and future, as it were, of the historical persons whom he studies: the past whieh provides them with oppor tunities and limitations, both objective and subjective; the present in whieh they act; the future in whieh the consequences of their actions appear, for the most part beyond their control. This is a study of the part played by a great diplomat-the perfect ambassador, his own age called hirn-in the formation of policy. My task has been a dual one. First, I have observed Arnauld de Pomponne at work. Second, I have attempted to evaluate the French plans for war against the Dutch republic, with particular attention to Pom ponne's contribution to them.

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9401747784

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9789401747783

John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672

By: Herbert Harvey Rowen

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John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672

By: Herbert Harvey Rowen

Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose career ended in a death of horror rarely paralleled in history. Herbert Rowen's biography embraces all aspects of De Witt's political, intellectual, and personal life, including his role as a mathematician admired by Newton, an "unphilosophical Cartesian," and a political thinker. The author describes De Witt's youth, Dutch society of his day, and his central part in the domestic and foreign politics of the Dutch Republic from 1651 to 1672. He puts De Witt's relation to the House of Orange in a new light, more subtle than in the traditional history. He also examines in detail De Witt's system of government as councilor pensionary of Holland. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400870917

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The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen

By: Herbert Harvey Rowen

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Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen

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The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

The Princes of Orange

The Princes of Orange

John de Witt

John de Witt

The Ambassador Prepares for War

The Ambassador Prepares for War

John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672

John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672

The Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe

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