Family, Culture and Society in the Diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, Secretary to Stadholder-King William of OrangeBRILL, 15 jun 2013 - 208 pagina's Based on analysis of a diary kept by Constantijn Huygens Jr, the secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange, this book proposes a new explanation for the invention of the modern, private diary in the 17th century. At the same time it sketches a panoramic view of Europe at the time of the Glorious Revolution and the Nine Years' War, recorded by an eyewitness. The book includes chapters on such subjects as the changing perception of time, book collecting, Huygens's role as connoisseur of art, belief in magic and witchcraft, and gossip and sexuality at the court of William and Mary. Finally this study shows how modern scientific ideas, developed by Huygens's brother Christiaan Huygens, changed our way of looking at the world around us. |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 1 |
1 Constantijn Huygens Jr | 3 |
2 DiaryWriting and TimeKeeping
| 15 |
3 The Glorious Revolution of 1688
| 33 |
4
The Nine Years War | 45 |
5
Dutchmen and Englishmen | 52 |
6 The Many Faces of William of Orange
| 59 |
7 Connoisseur of Art | 67 |
9 Quacks and Witches | 112 |
10 Gossip and Sex | 119 |
11 Servants and Maids
| 141 |
12 The Last Generation | 151 |
13 The Court as a Microcosm | 157 |
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Family, Culture and Society in the Diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr ... Rudolf Dekker Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2013 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
afternoon Amst April army auction August Bergesteyn Beverland Bibliotheca Zuylichemiana Bijzondere Collecties Boison brother Christiaan century Christiaan Huygens clock collection Constantijn Huygens Jr Constantijn Jr copy court courtiers days later December Dijkveld Duodecimo Dutch Republic eeuw England English entry father February French genre Glorious Revolution gossip Hague Histoire Holland Huls Huygens family Huygens heard Huygens recorded Huygens visited Huygens’s diary Huygens’s friend Huygens’s library italian January Jean Cavalier July June King William king’s later Huygens Leiden letter leven London Lord Madame maid March married Mary memoirs mentioned military campaigns morning noted november octavo october painter paintings pamphlets Pepys Library Pieter portrait Prince William prints published Quarto queen Romeyn de Hooghe Roosenboom Rudolf Dekker sale catalogue Samuel Pepys secretary september 1689 servants sonnius southern netherlands stadholder Tampion tent Tien told Huygens Universiteit van Amsterdam Vossius watch Willem Bentinck William of orange woman women