Neptune and the Netherlands: State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance (History of Warfare, V. 23) [Hardcover]

Louis Sicking (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004 | ISBN-10: 9004138501 | ISBN-13: 978-9004138506

This book investigates how the rulers of the Habsburg world empire developed and implemented a central maritime policy for the Netherlands and appointed an admiral of the sea or admiral-general for that purpose. It also explains why the Habsburgs were eventually unable to gain control of the maritime affairs of the Netherlands, in spite of the support of the powerful Burgundian Lords of Veere, who occupied the central position of admiral from 1491 to 1558. From their power base on the island of Walcheren in Zeeland, known as the key to the Netherlands at the time because of its central location between Holland, Flanders, Antwerp and the sea, they held an ideal vantage point for exercising the admiralship. The result not only offers an illuminating insight into the organisation of the war fleet, maritime trade and fishery, privateering and prize law in the Habsburg Netherlands, but also puts the success of the later Dutch Republic in a new perspective.

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About the Author

Louis H.J. Sicking, DEA (1990) Histoire d'outre-mer, University of the Provence (Aix), Ph.D. (1996) in History, University of Leiden, is Lecturer and postdoctoral Fellow in History at the University of Leiden. He has published mainly on the history of the Netherlands, on maritime history and on the history of European Expansion.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 551 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004138501
• ISBN-13: 978-9004138506
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,082,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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