Title:  The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-14

Author:  John Lothrop Motley

Release Date:  January, 2004 [EBook #4890] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on April 22, 2002]

Edition:  10

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

*** Start of the project gutenberg EBOOK life of John of Barneveld, 1609-14 ***

This eBook was produced by David Widger widger@cecomet.net

[Note:  There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author’s ideas before making an entire meal of them.  D.W.]

THE LIFE AND DEATH of JOHN OF BARNEVELD, ADVOCATE OF HOLLAND

WITH A VIEW OF THE PRIMARY CAUSES AND MOVEMENTS OF THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR

By John Lothrop Motley, D.C.L., LL.D.

MOTLEY’S HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, Project Gutenberg Edition, Volume 90

The Life of John of Barneveld, v5, 1609-14

CHAPTER VI.

Establishment of the Condominium in the Duchies—­Dissensions between the Neuburgers and Brandenburgers—­Occupation of Julich by the Brandenburgers assisted by the States-General—­Indignation in Spain and at the Court of the Archdukes—­Subsidy despatched to Brussels Spinola descends upon Aix-la-Chapelle and takes possession of Orsoy and other places—­Surrender of Wesel—­Conference at Xanten—­Treaty permanently dividing the Territory between Brandenburg and Neuburg—­ Prohibition from Spain—­Delays and Disagreements.

Thus the ‘Condominium’ had been peaceably established.

Three or four years passed away in the course of which the evils of a joint and undivided sovereignty of two rival houses over the same territory could not fail to manifest themselves.  Brandenburg, Calvinist in religion, and for other reasons more intimately connected with and more favoured by the States’ government than his rival, gained ground in the duchies.  The Palatine of Neuburg, originally of Lutheran faith like his father, soon manifested Catholic tendencies, which excited suspicion in the Netherlands.  These suspicions grew into certainties at the moment when he espoused the sister of Maximilian of Bavaria and of the Elector of Cologne.  That this close connection with the very heads of the Catholic League could bode no good to the cause of which the States-General were the great promoters was self-evident.  Very soon afterwards the Palatine, a man of mature age and of considerable talents, openly announced his conversion to the ancient church.  Obviously the sympathies of the States could not thenceforth fail to be on the side of Brandenburg.  The Elector’s brother died and was succeeded in the governorship of the Condeminium by the Elector’s brother, a youth of eighteen.  He took up his abode in Cleve, leaving Dusseldorf to be the sole residence of his co-stadholder.