John de Witt

Statesman of the True Freedom

By: Herbert H. Rowen

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Paperback | 13 November 2003

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If the combination of superb political skills and a powerful intelligence were enough to make a 'philosopher-king' such as Plato dreamed of, the Dutch 'Grand Pensionary' John de Witt (1625 72) would fit the prescription as well as any statesman in history. Manoeuvring among the powers of Europe in the period of France's growing ascendancy, and facing the bitter commercial and political rivalry of the English, he managed to preserve the eminent position the United Provinces had reached when Spain recognized their independence at Munster in 1648. Not until the kings of France and England combined against the Republic in 1672 did De Witt's political system, called the 'True Freedom' and consisting of the maximum autonomy of the provinces and the exclusion of Prince William III of Orange from high office, collapse during the French invasion, an event accompanied by the horrific assassination of De Witt and his brother Cornelius."

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Preface
Prologue
To the threshold, 1625G++1650
Apprenticeship of power, 1651G++1653
The first task, 1653G++1654
The man of thought
Consolidation of the G++True FreedomG++, 1654G++1660
The challenge of Stuart and Orange, 1660G++1664
The humbling of the foe, 1665G++1667
A snarling peace, 1665G++1667
The reversal of alliances, 1667G++1670
Against the tide, 1670G++1672
Collapse of the G++True FreedomG++, MarchG++August 1672
The worst of days, JulyG++August 1672
Epilogue
A bibliographical essay
Index
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Statesman of the True Freedom

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