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The Ostend Story
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Author : Anna E.C. Simoni
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-12-20
The Ostend Story written by Anna E.C. Simoni and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-20 with History categories.
After the famous 'Battle of Nieuwpoort' in West Flanders in 1600, another feat of arms was to follow in the same area: the Siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 to 1604. Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Republic of the Seven United Netherlands than the battle of Nieuwpoort had been, the result was a Spanish conquest of a city of total devastation and, by then, wholly depopulated. Nevertheless a considerable impression had been made upon the Northern Netherlands. The most weird and wonderful machines of war had been tested, whilst a variety of new military siege techniques had been brought into play. There was even talk of 'the University of Ostend', with the implication that, from a military perspective, the siege was a very instructive experience. Many, too, were the rumours and the garbled tales that began to circulate soon after the end of the affair. One example was the legend of the soldier in the Spanish army who appeared to be a woman. In this book, Dr. Simoni provides a detailed and stimulating account of the manner of, and the form by which the tales of these shocking occurrences arose soon after the events of the siege had been set down, and immediately went into print after the details had reached the North. These reports were to leave such a lasting impression in the Republic, that 'Ostend' became one of the most well known feats of arms in the penultimate stages of the struggle for freedom from Spain. The book is, thus, a brilliant example of the received history of one of the most controversial events of the Eighty Years War. The role of the Leiden printer and publisher, Hendrick van Haestens, stands central to 'the Ostend Story'. He provides accounts of the fighting in no less than three publications. Dr. Simoni, in this study, reaches the conclusion that Haestens' reports are deserving of a more important place than they have found thus far. It is mainly to him that we owe the provision of a clear and lively picture of the famous siege.
The Importance Of The Ostend Company Consider D
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1726
The Importance Of The Ostend Company Consider D written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1726 with Belgium categories.
The Siege Of Ostend Or The New Troy
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Author : Belleroche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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The Siege Of Ostend
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Author : Edward Belleroche
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The Siege Of Ostend written by Edward Belleroche and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... of tcnb; or Cijc $cto Crop. 1601-1604. By EDWARD BELLEKOCHE, Member Of Council. 'Luctor et Emerge.' With the capture and complete destruction of this stronghold by the Spaniards was sounded the knell of the Eeformation in the southern states of the Netherlands, just as the fall of La Eochelle, a few years later (1628), marked the annihilation of the Huguenots as a great military party in France.2 Both were maritime cities and relied for their defence on the assistance of friendly fleets; but, whilst that of the Dutch never failed Ostend, the English fleets sent to La Eochelle accomplished little or nothing. Both were besieged by a cardinal, but while Richelieu was more of a politician than a religious devotee, Archduke Albert would not permit any but Catholics to settle in Ostend after its recapture. It was finally taken by the Marquis Ambrogio Spinola, and this so thoroughly established his military reputation that Eichelieu begged him to inspect his approaches before La Eochelle. The latter was defended, as was Leyden in 1574, by its brave mayor and its citizens only. Within its walls were no persons of quality, if we except the aged mother of the Duke of Eohan; but Ostend was ever full of English knights, French gentilshommes and Dutch jonkheers, and was considered by the young noblemen of the period a capital school for war. Physicians, and surgeons especially, also found it a good school. That famous siege has been so admirably described by J Motto of the Province of Zealand. 2 The rising of the CamisardE in 1702 was localised in one district. Motley in his 'United Netherlands, ' and more recently and partially by Mr. Clements E. Markham in 'The Fighting Veres, ' that it may seem presumptuous to ask the English public to...
Ostend
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Author : Volker Weidermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Ostend written by Volker Weidermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Stefan Zweig's publisher no longer wants him, his marriage is collapsing, and his home in Austria has been seized. He's been dreaming of Ostend, the Belgian beach town. He journeys there and reunites with his fellow writer Joseph Roth. But as Europe begins to crumble the writers find themselves trapped on vacation.
The Siege Of Ostend
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Author : Edward Belleroche
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Siege Of Ostend written by Edward Belleroche and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Fiction categories.
Set against the backdrop of the Eighty Years' War, this historical novel vividly recreates the tense and dramatic events of the 1601 siege of Ostend, a key battle between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Habsburg Empire. With a cast of colorful characters and a gripping narrative style, it offers readers a thrilling journey back in time to a pivotal moment in European history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Ostend
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Author : Volker Weidermann
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2016-01-26
Ostend written by Volker Weidermann and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
It’s the summer of 1936, and the writer Stefan Zweig is in crisis. His German publisher no longer wants him, his marriage is collapsing, and his house in Austria—searched by the police two years earlier—no longer feels like home. He’s been dreaming of Ostend, the Belgian beach town that is a paradise of promenades, parasols, and old friends. So he journeys there with his lover, Lotte Altmann, and reunites with fellow writer and semi-estranged close friend Joseph Roth, who is himself about to fall in love. For a moment, they create a fragile haven. But as Europe begins to crumble around them, the writers find themselves trapped on vacation, in exile, watching the world burn. In Ostend, Volker Weidermann lyrically recounts “the summer before the dark,” when a coterie of artists, intellectuals, drunks, revolutionaries, and madmen found themselves in limbo while Europe teetered on the edge of fascism and total war. Ostend is the true story of two of the twentieth century’s great writers, written with a novelist’s eye for pacing, chronology, and language—a dazzling work of historical nonfiction. (Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway)
Ostend
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Author : François Gravel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Ostend written by François Gravel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with French-Canadian fiction categories.
They has been told it was a new era. Everything was permitted. Some of them believed it. Jean-Francois Kelly lives in a suburb of Montreal. For him it all began on November 22, 1963, when a bullet shattered the skull of John F. Kennedy. Jean-Francois was in grade seven. That event would become the starting point for an adventure the adventure of revolutionary youth, that would last for nearly twenty years, permanently marking the lives of Jean-Francois and his comrades, Jacques and Pierre-Paul. Engaged in a a fight to the finish that would change the face of the world and particularly that of Quebec, they soon will have to make the kinds of drastic choices that turn up when love gets mixed up with ideology, when reality refuses to conform with dreams. Filtered through the images and influences of six figures in our recent past--Kennedy, Che, Jimi Hendrix, Allende, Mao and John Lennon--Ostend is a personal fresco, a quest for happiness that strays from the beaten track, the tragicomic adventure of a generation of young people that knew no limits.
The Siege Of Ostend
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Author : Edward Belleroche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
The Siege Of Ostend written by Edward Belleroche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Huguenots categories.
The Siege Of Ostend
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Author : Michel de Ghelderode
language : en
Publisher: Host Publications, Inc.
Release Date : 1990
The Siege Of Ostend written by Michel de Ghelderode and has been published by Host Publications, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with American drama categories.
Drama. Translated from the French by David Willinger. Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) was a Belgian playwright who is ranked by many as a key member of the international avant-garde, on par with Beckett, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet and Pinter. Writing most of his plays between 1918 and 1937, he wasn't discovered in Europe until after World War II, where he was hailed as the "Belgian Shakespeare," and in America until the 1960's. Both discoveries led to great, though still cult level, popularity. In the early 60's not a week went by without a production of one of Ghelderode's plays happening somewhere in the United States. This unique volume includes three plays--The Siege of Ostend, The Actor Makes His Exit and Transfiguration in the Circus--in their first-ever English translation.