In 1568, William I the Silent helped lead the Netherlands revolt against Spain until the Dutch republic was founded in 1588. After centuries of power struggles that seesawed between the Princes of ...

as most people know it: “Back in the 1600’s, the Dutch got speculations ... “As for the economy of the Netherlands, it was never even slightly dependent on this. As far as I can see, it ...

The illegitimate son of a Frankish noble, Charles Martel had become ruler of the Frankish Kingdom ... that spanned from modern-day France to the Netherlands and part of western Germany.