Jan 6, 2016 · By contrast, such noticeable differences exist (as Vinnie wrote) between southern Dutch and northern Dutch. This shows that northern Belgians and southern Dutch can indeed be largely of Celtic origin, as well as southern Belgians. Note that neither of these groups speak Celtic languages today - they speak either Romance (Latin) or Germanic.

题主问题问得好，但应该补充为 英语里面为什么叫 Dutch，不叫Netherlander或者Hollander。 英语为什么叫Dutch恐怕就要从英语词源上面考证了，我不是很清楚。荷兰语里面荷兰人，荷兰语，荷兰人都基于Netherlands，高度统一，荷兰语所谓

Apr 20, 2018 · The Dutch resistance is slowly crumbling, though tries to keep unified through the Union of Utrecht. Furthermore the Netherlands officialy renounce the Spanish King on grounds of tyranny. The heartlands of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht however remain in Dutch hands. The revolt is at an edge, but it isnt over yet.

Nov 30, 2024 · Absolutely the opposite. The Glorious Revolution was the best thing that could have happened to the Dutch Republic at that moment. Probably necessary at that point, but to me it marks a symbolic turning point. From that point onward the Golden Age is over and both the economical and political...

Aug 21, 2015 · The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, which from the English point of view was caused by Dutch greed in supporting the American Revolution with arms and funds (the British pretext for declaring war was a draft-treaty of commerce between the city of Amsterdam and the American revolutionaries) brought about a liquidity crisis for the VOC, which almost ...

Nov 30, 2024 · I already mentioned Slingelandt in this thread. He is one of my favourites. He was respected internationally, retained the great power status of the Dutch Republic after the War of the Spanish Succession and kept it out of new wars. Unfortunately his proposed reforms of the Dutch state were not broadly supported.

Mar 9, 2016 · There are still 1.8 million people in the Netherlands speaking Lower Saxon today, with 3 million speakers in Germany, so I guess it's better to label them as a Dutch/German tribe. And if we speak skill wise, then I can't come up with a …

Feb 14, 2023 · One practical division of power between the two states was that an Englishman would always assume command of a joint English/Dutch fleet while the Dutch had seniority within the land army. The main independent land commanders of the 9 years war being William himself, Godert van Reede Ginkel, and Waldeck who was a German in Dutch employ.

Jan 8, 2013 · Well it's a Dutch series called ''de gouden eeuw'' (the golden century) and this episode was partially about the Dutch conquering the Banda islands. It seems that after some fierce resistance the natives were deported into Batavia and the leaders of the resistance were cut in half and then decapitated by Samurai warriors.

Antwerp, the centre of trade dominated the region for a long time, but was eventually overshadowed by Amsterdam. There are many historians, Dutch among them, who credit the rise of the Dutch Republic and with it Amsterdam to the fall of Antwerp. Although the north was never poor under the Burgundian rulers, it was outclassed by the wealthy south.