Slingelandt’s Efforts Towards European Peace

I. Simon van Slingelandt. His Life, Character and Position.- II. The Republic and European Politics from the Peace of Utrecht until the Preliminaries of Paris, 1713–1717.- A. Brief Survey of European Politics from the Peace of Utrecht until the Treaties of Vienna. 1713–1725.- B. The Republic and Foreign Politics after the Peace of Utrecht. 1713–1725.- C. The Vienna-Hanover Conflict. 1725–1727.- III. The Preservation of Peace. June 1727–March 1728.- IV. The Congress of Soissons up till the Treaty of Seville: The Separating of Spain from the Emperor. March 1728–November 1729.- A. Before the Congress. March-June 1728.- B. The Congress reaches a dead-lock. June-August 1728.- C. The Proposed Provisional Treaty. August 1728–August 1729.- D. Negotiations preceding the Treaty of Seville. August-November 1729.- Appendix. The Opposition of the Dutch to the Ostend Trade.