By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic
Nonfiction, History, World History, European General
| Author: | G.A. Henty | ISBN: | 1230000352635 |
| Publisher: | Truee North | Publication: | April 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | G.A. Henty |
| ISBN: | 1230000352635 |
| Publisher: | Truee North |
| Publication: | April 10, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinately maintained, and so long contested as that by which the men of Holland and Zeeland won their right to worship God in their own way, and also -- although this was but a secondary consideration with them -- shook off the yoke of Spain and achieved their independence.
In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinately maintained, and so long contested as that by which the men of Holland and Zeeland won their right to worship God in their own way, and also -- although this was but a secondary consideration with them -- shook off the yoke of Spain and achieved their independence.
