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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XI THE COMMONWEALTH IN ENGLAND, 1649—1653
- BOOK XII THE PROTECTORATE OF OLIVER CROMWELL, 1653–1658
- BOOK XIII FALL OF THE PROTECTORATE AND THE COMMONWEALTH. RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY, 1658—1660
- BOOK XIV THE FIRST FIVE YEARS UNDER CHARLES II. THE RESTORATION OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
- BOOK XV THE DUTCH WARS OF CHARLES II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROTESTANT AND PARLIAMENTARY CHARACTER OF THE CONSTITUTION 1664—1674
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I The first war with Holland, in the year 1665
- CHAP. II Influence of France upon the continuation of war and upon the peace
- CHAP. III Fall of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon
- CHAP. IV Convention at the Hague in January 1668. Triple Alliance
- CHAP. V Government and Parliament in the year 1668
- CHAP. VI Secret alliance with France, 1669, 1670
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary sessions from, 1669 to 1671
- CHAP. VIII The second war against Holland, 1672
- CHAP. IX Origin of the Test Act
- CHAP. X Peace with Holland
- CHAP. XI Union of Parliament with the Prince of Orange
CHAP. X - Peace with Holland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XI THE COMMONWEALTH IN ENGLAND, 1649—1653
- BOOK XII THE PROTECTORATE OF OLIVER CROMWELL, 1653–1658
- BOOK XIII FALL OF THE PROTECTORATE AND THE COMMONWEALTH. RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY, 1658—1660
- BOOK XIV THE FIRST FIVE YEARS UNDER CHARLES II. THE RESTORATION OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
- BOOK XV THE DUTCH WARS OF CHARLES II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROTESTANT AND PARLIAMENTARY CHARACTER OF THE CONSTITUTION 1664—1674
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I The first war with Holland, in the year 1665
- CHAP. II Influence of France upon the continuation of war and upon the peace
- CHAP. III Fall of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon
- CHAP. IV Convention at the Hague in January 1668. Triple Alliance
- CHAP. V Government and Parliament in the year 1668
- CHAP. VI Secret alliance with France, 1669, 1670
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary sessions from, 1669 to 1671
- CHAP. VIII The second war against Holland, 1672
- CHAP. IX Origin of the Test Act
- CHAP. X Peace with Holland
- CHAP. XI Union of Parliament with the Prince of Orange
Summary
The grants of Parliament made it possible to resume in the summer the war against Holland; but its other decisions subjected the conduct of the war to considerable restraints.
As the Test Act prevented the Duke of York from filling the post of admiral, the chief command of the fleet was assigned to Prince Rupert, expressly because he was a zealous Protestant, for which faith his family had suffered so much. He thus obtained a high and brilliant position, such as he had always desired, at the head of the great squadrons of England and France, which numbered 150 sail. But the opposite party in the King's Council was still very powerful; the powers granted to the Prince were restricted; he did not enjoy, for example, the right of nominating even one of his officers, and the accustomed authority of the Duke was not at one stroke set aside. The manning of the fleet was made difficult by the exemptions which the watermen had acquired; all preparations advanced slowly and proved insufficient.
In the Dutch Republic, on the other hand, the conflict of the two parties was not at this time noticeable: the experienced De Ruyter, who belonged to one party, and the stout-hearted Tromp, who belonged to the other, worked together most admirably; the motives of religion, of patriotism, of honour and advantage, animated the whole people.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 542 - 559Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1875