# History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 01

Author: Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6776

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## Summary

Many years ago, when I read the History of the Belgian Revolution in Watson's excellent work, I was seized with an enthusiasm which political events but rarely excite. On further reflection I felt that this enthusiastic feeling had arisen less from the book itself than from the ardent workings of my own imagination, which had imparted to the recorded materials the particular form that so fascinated me. These imaginations, therefore, I felt a wish to fix, to multiply, and to strengthen; these exalted sentiments I was anxious to extend by communicating them to others. This was my principal motive for commencing the present history, my only vocation to write it. The execution of this design...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-revolt-of-the-netherlands-volume-01-6776/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-the-revolt-of-the-netherlands-volume-01-6776/chapters/1/index.md)