Famiano Strada (Famien Strada) - Histoire de la guerre de Flandre: 2 VOLUMES

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Famiano Strada (Famien Strada) - Histoire de la guerre de Flandre: 2 VOLUMES

ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE WARS IN FLANDERS, LOW COUNTRIES, THE NETHERLANDS, CRIMINAL TRIALS, SPANISH NETHERLANDS, WAR HISTORY, LAW by Famiano Strada, also known as Famien Strada (1572–1649) was a historian, and teacher of rhetoric at the Collegio Romano in Rome, a Vatican university. This supplement to the work "Guerres Civiles de Flandre or De Bello Belgico", it is one of the most important contemporary testimonies of the Dutch revolt from Spain and on the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). The economic and religious conflict was one of the causes of the progressive decline of Spanish power and saw the rise of a new state; the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. The two volumes are adorned with four engraved portraits; King Philip II of Spain as frontispiece of the first volume, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo (Duke of Alba) as frontispiece of the second volume, and two portraits of Lamoral, Count of Egmont, and Philip of Montmorency, Count of Horn. This "Supplément à l'histoire des guerres civilis de Flandre" is attributed to the French legal antiquarian and scholar Jean Godefroy, sieur d’Aumont (1656–1732). The two volumes presents documents that were previously unpublished at the time—including the charges verbatim, letters, testimonies, defense arguments, and death sentences—enabling readers to critically examine the legal legitimacy of the proceedings sanctioned by the Duke of Alba. The core legal prosecution documents it prints were originally drafted by Jean Du Bois, the prosecutor general of the Duke of Alba’s tribunal. The raw transcripts preserved in these volumes provided essential source material for subsequent Enlightenment thinkers and 18th-century writers—including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe when composing his celebrated tragedy Egmont (1788). The work is composed of TWO VOLUMES, with the same antique original binding of the time and in very good condition. The primary purpose of this supplement was to publish the complete, unabridged trial records, interrogations, and indictments of two of the most prominent early leaders of Netherlandish resistance: Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), victor of the battles of Saint-Quentin and Gravelines. Philip of Montmorency, Count of Horn (1524–1568), Admiral of the Netherlands. Both were Catholic nobles and Knights of the prestigious Order of the Golden Fleece who opposed Spanish inquisitorial overreach and the infringement of regional privileges. In September 1567, the newly arrived Duke of Alba lured them into custody in Brussels. Alba tried them before the Council of Troubles (Conseil des troubles, or "Blood Council"), ignoring their ancient feudal right to be judged solely by fellow Knights of the Golden Fleece and the King. Found guilty of high treason and rebellion, both men were publicly beheaded on June 5, 1568, in the Grand-Place of Brussels—an act of terror that turned simmering unrest into open war. Famiano Strada's history (De Bello Belgico / Histoire de la guerre des Païs-Bas) was admired for its epic prose and access to the papers of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Governor-General of the Netherlands, but it offered an intensely royalist, Counter-Reformation narrative and omitted the legal paperwork of Alba’s repression. Since 1700 historians and jurists across Europe were prioritizing primary legal records over rhetorical histories. Publishing the word-for-word charges, witness testimonies, defenses, and death warrants allowed readers to scrutinize the judicial legality of Alba's proceedings. TITLE: "Supplément à l'Histoire des guerres civiles de Flandre sous Philippe II, roi d'Espagne, du père Famien Strada, et d'autres auteurs, contenant les Procès criminels de Lamoral comte d'Egmont et de Philippe de Montmorency, comte de Hornes..." (Supplement to the History of the Civil Wars in Flanders under Philip II, King of Spain, by Father Famiano Strada and other authors, containing the criminal trials of Lamoral, Count of Egmont, and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn...) AUTHORS: Famiano Strada also known as Famien Strada or (1572-1649) and other authors like Jean Godefroy, sieur d’Aumont (1656–1732) was a French legal antiquarian and scholar PUBLISHER: Pierre Michiels DATE: MDCCXXIX (1729), printed in Amsterdam, text in French, TWO VOLUMES DESCRIPTION & CONDITION: In-8° size height 157 x width 102 mm or 6.2 by 4.1 inches. Volume 1, [2], vi, [12], 310 pages, plus 3 portraits; Volume 2, [24], 265-560 pages, plus 1 portrait. COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Two original full leather bindings from the period (1700) decorated with gilt floral motifs, few small defects on the spines and few small scuffs on the covers, the two bindings are in very good condition, extremely solid and perfectly functional as shown in the photos. The pages and illustrations are in very good condition, almost intact, rare defects and small stains, red and black title-pages with woodcut vignettes in both volumes, decorated woodcut initials, woodcut headpieces, typographic ornaments, and ornamental woodcut tailpieces, well-printed pages, dozens of beautiful, ornate initials punctuating the pages and chapters, few pages are more yellowed than usual, otherwise everything is in very good condition as shown in the photos. LITERATURE/REFERENCES: World Cat n°1044419455 & 1184525926; Biblioteque National de France n°FRBNF31412003 & n° FRBNF30517186; van Gelderen, M. (2002). The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555–1590. Cambridge University Press; Glete, Jan (2002). War and the State in Early Modern Europe: Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden as fiscal-military states, 1500–1660. Routledge; Israel, Jonathan (1995). The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806. Oxford: Clarendon Press; Israel, Jonathan I. (1997). Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585–1713. Hambledon Press. AUTHOR: Famiano Strada, also known as Famien Strada (1572–1649) was a Jesuit, historian, and teacher of rhetoric at the Collegio Romano in Rome, a Vatican university. The original work of Strada was commissioned and bankrolled by the ducal House of Farnese (specifically Duke Ranuccio I and later Duke Odoardo). The Farnese family granted Strada direct access to the private papers and correspondence of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Governor-General of the Netherlands, as well as those of his mother, Margaret of Parma. Because of this privileged access, Strada had command of primary military dispatches and diplomatic correspondence that Protestant historians could not view. In exchange, the narrative functioned as an elaborate monument to Alessandro Farnese's military exploits. SHIPPING: via UPS, DHL, FEDEX, National Postal Services, protected, INSURED and fully tracked package. Estimated time for Europe 3-5 working days. Shipping within one working day, you can combine shipping if you purchases several items from us, saving money and time.

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