Title: History Of The Revolt Of The Netherlands: Trial And Execution Of Counts Egmont And Horn; And The Seige Of Antwerp
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9354503497
ISBN 13: 9789354503498
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Power shifts; lives are weighed. In the crucible of the 16th century Netherlands, Friedrich Schiller follows the Dutch revolt history as it hardens from dissent into destiny, where faith, law, and empire collide. History Of The Revolt Of The Netherlands brings together two defining episodes: the Egmont and Horn trial and its fatal judgement, and a vivid siege of Antwerp account from the wider Spanish Netherlands uprising. Written with Schiller's dramatist's sense of pressure and character, this is classic European history that reads with the pace of literature yet holds fast to political realities: Reformation era politics, civic liberty, and the calculating reach of Habsburg Spain history. As a complete unabridged edition, it suits European history students seeking a clear narrative spine, and stands as a steady reference for researchers tracing motives, rhetoric, and the machinery of rule. Schiller's historical writing helped shape how modern Europe remembers resistance and state power, and this volume remains a keystone in any classic history collection of continental struggle. It illuminates the tensions of empire and conscience at the edge of the North Sea, and sketches the forces that would remake the Spanish Netherlands and the wider continent irreversibly. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual readers, it is gripping human history; for classic-literature collectors, an essential, well-curated return to a landmark of European letters.

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