Abstract

Introduction. I. TOWN POLITICS IN THE PROVINCE OF HOLLAND. 1. The Urban Setting 2. The Town Governments of Holland 3. The Regents 4. Party and Faction 5. Religion, the Reformed Church, and Urban Politics 6. Catholics, Dissenters, and Politics 7. The Schuttery, Popular Influence, and Public Order. II. THE POLITICS OF THE PROVINCE OF HOLLAND. 8. The States of Holland 9. The Stadhouder 10. Provincial Administration and Courts 11. Republicans and Orangists 12. Urban Rivalry 13. Religion and Politics in Holland. III. HOLLAND AND THE POLITICS OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. 14. The States General and the Generality 15. The Not So United Provinces 16. The Influence of Holland 17. The Power of the Princes of Holland 18. Religion and the Dutch State 19. Provincial Autonomy and the Survival of the Union. Select Bibliography. Index.

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