Primary Sources on the Dutch Republic c. 1600-1800

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William Temple the Religion of the Dutch Republic 1673

Sir William Temple,”Of the Rise and Progress of the United Provinces,” 1673

Sir William Temple, The crisis of the Dutch Republic, 1673

Sir William Temple, The Physical Environment and People of the Dutch Republic, 1673

Sir William Temple, On the Military Forces and Revenues of the Dutch Republic, 1673

Sir William Temple, On the Government of the Dutch Republic, 1673

Tulipmania: Tulip Speculation and Crash, 1637

Van der Spiegel, A Sketch of the Relative and Intrinsic Power of the Republic, 1782

The Treaty of Münster, 1648

The exclusion of William III and the House of Orange from office in Holland, 1654

Pieter van Dam, Description of the Founding of the V.O.C., the Dutch East India Company, 1693-1701

The Low Countries as Seen by an Italian in 1567

Prince William II’s attempted coup détat in Holland as seen by an English spy, 1650

The Contra-Remonstrants demand state enforcement of religious orthodoxy and public morality, 1619

The Dutch Slave Trade: Agreement to Deliver two thousand or More Slaves to Curacao (1662)

Letters from Johan Oldenbarnevelt to his family before his execution, 1619

On the Decline of the Dutch Republic, 1705

Patriot Proposals for a new constitution for the Republic, 1793

Joachim Rendorp, An Argument Against Popular Rule, 1792

Johan Oldebarnevelt’s account of the Truce Negotiations of 1608

Letter from Oldebarnevelt attempting a reconciliation with Maurice of Nassau during the Remonstrant and Contra-Remonstrant dispute, 1618

Hugo Grotius, The Freedom of the Seas, 1609

The True Interests and Political Maxims of the Republic of Holland, 1669 Pieter de la Court

Erasmus on the Dutch, ca. 1500

French Merchants’ Complaints against Dutch Competition, 1645

A Plea for Religious Toleration from the Remonstrants to Prince Maurice, 1618

A Defense of the Prince of Orange against the Province of Holland, 1660