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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477–1806

Jonathan I. Israel · Oxford University Press · 1995

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Book
Author
Jonathan I. Israel
Identifier
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780198730729.001.0001
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedIn the Dutch Republic sovereignty lay with the seven provinces, each with one vote in the States General; the States General could make treaties, war and peace, raise armies and fleets and assess provincial contributions, but such decisions required unanimity and the sanction of the provinces.