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Neptune and the Netherlands : state, economy, and war at sea in the Renaissance /
This book investigates how the rulers of the Habsburg world empire developed and implemented a central maritime policy for the Netherlands and appointed an admiral of the sea or admiral-general for that purpose. It also explains why the Habsburgs were eventually unable to gain control of the maritim...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2004.
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| Colección: | History of warfare ;
v. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book investigates how the rulers of the Habsburg world empire developed and implemented a central maritime policy for the Netherlands and appointed an admiral of the sea or admiral-general for that purpose. It also explains why the Habsburgs were eventually unable to gain control of the maritime affairs of the Netherlands, in spite of the support of the powerful Burgundian Lords of Veere, who occupied the central position of admiral from 1491 to 1558. From their power base on the island of Walcheren in Zeeland, known as the key to the Netherlands at the time because of its central location between Holland, Flanders, Antwerp and the sea, they held an ideal vantage point for exercising the admiralship. The result not only offers an illuminating insight into the organisation of the war fleet, maritime trade and fishery, privateering and prize law in the Habsburg Netherlands, but also puts the success of the later Dutch Republic in a new perspective. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 551 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-532) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429409940 9781429409940 9789004138506 9004138501 1280915153 9781280915154 9786610915156 6610915156 9047405358 9789047405351 |
| ISSN: | 1385-7827 ; |