Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Contributors xii
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgements xxi
7. I Introduction
8. 1 Introduction: Anglo-Dutch conflict in the North Sea and beyond 1
9. II War in the North Sea
10. 2 The seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch Wars in a European context 35
11. 3 Anglican Royalism and the origins of the Second Anglo-Dutch War 58
12. 4 War, foreign relations and politics in the Netherlands from the Second Anglo-Dutch War to the Revolution of 1688 74
13. 5 Competing navies: Anglo-Dutch naval rivalry, 1652–88 92
14. 6 The Dutch and English fiscal-naval states: a comparative overview 117
15. 7 Dutch and English dockyards and coastal defence, 1652–89 137
16. III Conflict in the Atlantic World and Asia
17. Maps 179
18. 8 The Second Anglo-Dutch War in the Caribbean 185
19. 9 Competing claims: international law, diplomacy and Anglo-Dutch rivalry in seventeenth-century North America 203
20. 10 Merchant companies at war: the Anglo-Dutch wars in Asia 230
21. 11 Arguing over empire: international law and Anglo- Dutch rivalry in the Banda Islands, 1616–67 248
22. IV Public history
23. 12 Michiel de Ruyter: a multi-purpose hero 271
24. 13 Anglo-Dutch historical commemorations and the public, 1973–2017 293
25. Index 312