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Page 888
... William II Prince William was not ready to accept a permanent peace , and he negotiated secretly with the French for a resumption of the war , not only against Spain but also against republican England , which had executed his father ...
... William II Prince William was not ready to accept a permanent peace , and he negotiated secretly with the French for a resumption of the war , not only against Spain but also against republican England , which had executed his father ...
Page 889
... William III , but they were able to obtain only the prince's appointment as commander in chief early in 1672. Charles joined the French in open war in the spring of 1672 , counting upon William to accept rule of a rump Dutch Republic ...
... William III , but they were able to obtain only the prince's appointment as commander in chief early in 1672. Charles joined the French in open war in the spring of 1672 , counting upon William to accept rule of a rump Dutch Republic ...
Page 894
... William's efforts to assume the control that Napoleon had possessed over the Belgian Catholic church met fierce resistance . At the same time the authoritarian character of William's government , par- ticularly the sharp censorship of ...
... William's efforts to assume the control that Napoleon had possessed over the Belgian Catholic church met fierce resistance . At the same time the authoritarian character of William's government , par- ticularly the sharp censorship of ...
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