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MY starting-point is the memorable year 1813, when the Dutch shook off the French yoke. If that glorious event may be called a revolution, one should immediately add that it turned out to be a rather second-rate one, decidedly not conspicuous for large-scale heroism or revolutionary fervour. For its success, conditioned of course by the allied victory over Napoleon, should be credited before all others one great man, the former regent Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp. This man wished to prevent the allied conquest of his country because it might have resulted in the treatment of the Netherlands as an occupied territory.
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1. Collections of Documents
Gedenkstukken der algemeene geschiedenis van Nederland, ed. H. T. Colenbrander (The Hague, 1905–22)
Bescheiden betreffende de buitenlandse politiek van Nederland 1848–1919, 2nd period: 1871–98, ed. J. Woltring (The Hague, 1962–5)
Bescheiden betreffende de buitenlandse politiek van Nederland 1848–1919, 3rd period: 1899–1919, ed. C. Smit (The Hague, 1957–64)
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Boogman, J.C. (1968). The Netherlands in the European Scene, 1813–1913. In: Bromley, J.S., Kossmann, E.H. (eds) Britain and the Netherlands in Europe and Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00046-3_6
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