The Twelve Years Truce (1609)

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Introduction

Part 1: Truce and Peace

1 The Twelve Years Truce: Textual Explanations

2 Preparing the Ground: The Cession of the Netherland’s Sovereignty in 1598 and the Failure of its Peace-Making Objective, 1607–1609

3 The Act of Cession, the 1598 and 1600 States General in Brussels and the Peace Negotiations during the Dutch Revolt

4 The Anglo-Spanish Peace Treaty of 1604: A Rehearsal for Belgian Diplomats?

Part 2: Truce and War

5 Left ‘Holding the Bag’: The Johor-voc Alliance and the Twelve Years Truce (1606–1613)

6 The Tactical Military Revolution and Dutch Army Operations during the Era of the Twelve Years Truce (1592–1618)

7 ‘Une oppression insupportable au peuple’: The Impact of Contributions on Armistice, Peace and Truce Negotiations

Part 3: Truce and Law

8 The United Provinces: ‘Free’ or ‘Free and Sovereign’?

9 How ‘Sovereign’ were the Southern Netherlands under the Archdukes?

10 The Early Doctrine of International Law as a Bridge from Antiquity to Modernity and Diplomatic Inviolability in 16th- and 17th-Century European Practice

11 From Antwerp to Munster (1609/1648): Truce and Peace under the Law of Nations

12 ‘La dernière ancre de leur finesse’: Truce and Peace Treaties as Criteria for bellum justum in Early Modern Europe

13 The Treaty of London, the Twelve Years Truce and Religious Toleration in Spain and the Netherlands (1598–1621)