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Page 144
... Holland and Zee- land were on the verge of offering the title of count to William when he was assassinated on July 10 , 1584 , at Delft , by Balthasar Gerards , a fanatical young Catholic from Franche - Comté , spurred by the promises ...
... Holland and Zee- land were on the verge of offering the title of count to William when he was assassinated on July 10 , 1584 , at Delft , by Balthasar Gerards , a fanatical young Catholic from Franche - Comté , spurred by the promises ...
Page 146
... Holland and Old- enbarnevelt . The staunch Calvinists endeavoured to hold the Reformed Church to the strict orthodoxy expounded by Gomarus , a Leiden professor of theology , against the broader , less rigorous tenets upheld by his ...
... Holland and Old- enbarnevelt . The staunch Calvinists endeavoured to hold the Reformed Church to the strict orthodoxy expounded by Gomarus , a Leiden professor of theology , against the broader , less rigorous tenets upheld by his ...
Page 152
... Holland and the French Empire , 1806- 13. Renamed the Kingdom of Holland , the Netherlands received as its monarch Napoleon's younger brother Louis . The four years of his kingship were one of the strangest episodes in Dutch history ...
... Holland and the French Empire , 1806- 13. Renamed the Kingdom of Holland , the Netherlands received as its monarch Napoleon's younger brother Louis . The four years of his kingship were one of the strangest episodes in Dutch history ...
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