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Author Israel, Jonathan, 1946-

Title Empires and entrepots : the Dutch, the Spanish monarchy, and the Jews, 1585-1713 / Jonathan I. Israel.

Publication Info. London ; Ronceverte, WV : Hambledon Press, 1990.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 457 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Essays, most of which appeared in various publications between 1974 and 1987.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 A Conflict of Empires: Spain and the Netherlands, 1618-1648; 2 The Holland Towns and the Dutch-Spanish Conflict, 1621-1648; 3 Frederick Henry and the Dutch Political Factions, 1625-1642; 4 The States General and the Strategic Regulation of the Dutch River Trade,1621-1636; 5 The Phases of the Dutch Straatvaart, 1590-1713: A Chapter in the Economic History of the Mediterranean; 6 Olivares and the Government of the Spanish Netherlands, 1621-1643; 7 Spain, the Spanish Embargoes, and the Struggle for Mastery of World Trade, 1585-1660.
8 The Politics of International Trade Rivalry during the Thirty Years War: Gabriel de Roy and Olivares'' Mercantilist Projects, 1621-16459 Manuel López Pereira of Amsterdam, Antwerp and Madrid: Jew, New Christian, and Adviser to the Conde-Duque de Olivares; 10 Olivares and the Government of the Spanish Indies, 1621-1643; 11 Mexico and the ''General Crisis'' of the Seventeenth Century; 12 The Portuguese in Seventeenth-Century Mexico; 13 Duarte Nunes da Costa (Jacob Curiel) of Hamburg, Sephardi Nobleman and Communal Leader, 1585-1664; 14 Spain and the Dutch Sephardim, 1609-1660.
15 The Economic Contribution of Dutch Sephardi Jewry to Holland''s Golden Age, 1595-1713Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary The confrontation between Spain and the Dutch Republic was a key factor in European and world history. In this collection, Jonathan Israel explores the various aspects of this many-sided struggle, at the level of government policy, military strategy and diplomacy; and in respect of the differing fortunes of regions, towns and groups, and the Sephardic Jews.
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Subject Eighty Years' War (Netherlands : 1568-1648)
Netherlands -- Commerce -- History.
Netherlands.
Commerce.
History.
Netherlands -- Relations -- Spain.
Relations.
Spain.
Spain -- Relations -- Netherlands.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Colonies.
America.
Entrepôt trade -- History.
Entrepôt trade.
Sephardim -- Netherlands.
Sephardim.
Chronological Term 1516-1714
Indexed Term Europe, 1517-1789
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Israel, Jonathan I. (Jonathan Irvine), 1946- Empires and entrepots. London ; Ronceverte, WV : Hambledon Press, 1990 1852850221 9781852850227 (DLC) 89048058 (OCoLC)20692728
ISBN 9780826431820 (electronic book)
0826431828 (electronic book)
1852850221
9781852850227