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Sir William Temple, William III and the Balance of Power in Europe

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#401702-UA25
Titel	Sir William Temple, William III and the Balance of Power in Europe
Auteur	Troost, Wouter
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Dordrecht : Republic of Letters
Jaar van uitgave	2011
ISBN10	9089790861
ISBN13	9789089790866
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo. New Directions In Diplomatic History 3.
Samenvatting	Sir William Temple was the most important as well as the most interesting and the best documented of English ambassadors in the seventeenth century. He negotiated the Triple Alliance with John de Witt in order to prevent Louis XIV from conquering the Spanish Netherlands during the War of Devolution. The Triple Alliance and Temple's first embassy to the Dutch Republic ended in failure as King Charles II negotiated the secret Treaty of Dover with Louis XIV (June 1670). When England and France attacked the Dutch Republic in 1672, Temple was in England. After the Peace of Westminster, concluded between England and the Republic in February 1674, Temple began his second embassy to the Republic. During his stay in the Netherlands (1674-1679) he cooperated closely with William III who had become s... (Lees verder)tadtholder in 1672.
Pagina's	236
Conditie	Goed — Small black stripe on cut; brown stain back cover; crease spine.
Prijs	€ 40,00

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