Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung

Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung, an historical work written by F. Schiller in 1787-8, and published in 1788. It traces the beginnings of unrest in the Spanish Netherlands up to the departure of Margaret of Parma in 1567. Schiller intended to deal with the later phases of revolt up to 1581 in a further volume, which, however, was never written. The Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande (as the work is generally called) achieved considerable success and was also instrumental in obtaining for Schiller appointment to a professorship of history at Jena University.