The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden AgeCambridge University Press, 22 sep 2005 The Dutch are 'the envy of some, the fear of others, and the wonder of all their neighbours'. So wrote the English ambassador to the Dutch Republic, Sir William Temple, in 1673. Maarten Prak offers a lively and innovative history of the Dutch Golden Age, charting its political, social, economic and cultural history through chapters that range from the introduction of the tulip to the experiences of immigrants and Jews in Dutch society, the paintings of Vermeer and Rembrandt, and the ideas of Spinoza. He places the Dutch 'miracle' in a European context, examining the Golden Age both as the product of its own past and as the harbinger of a more modern, industrialised and enlightened society. A fascinating and accessible study, this 2005 book will prove invaluable reading to anyone interested in Dutch history. |
Inhoudsopgave
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The plundering of Naarden by Spanish troops after | 18 |
An independent state 16091650 | 27 |
The end of the Truce in 1621 Atlas van Stolk 1529 | 38 |
A world power 16501713 | 45 |
The murder of the De Witt brothers in The Hague | 54 |
The armed forces | 61 |
Map of New Netherland 1655 Royal Library The Hague | 113 |
Riches | 122 |
House of the Trip family in Amsterdam Amsterdam | 124 |
Toil and trouble | 135 |
Community | 153 |
The authorities | 166 |
Lek Dyke near Vianen Esaias van de Velde Atlas | 182 |
A dissonant chorus | 186 |
Soldiers relax during the siege of sHertogenbosch in | 67 |
Financial might | 75 |
The siege of Breda in 1637 Jan van Hilten 1637 | 76 |
A market economy | 87 |
Floraes Geckskap a print satirising the tulip mania | 88 |
The oil mill in Wormer on fire after being struck | 102 |
A worldwide trading network | 111 |
An urban society | 201 |
A new approach to science and philosophy | 222 |
The Dutch school of painting | 234 |
The urban landscape | 250 |
The end of the Golden Age | 263 |
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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age Maarten Prak Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Alkmaar Amsterdam Amsterdam Town Antwerp appointed army artists authorities became Brabant burghers burgomasters Calvinists Catholic cent cities of Holland citizenship civic militias Company Counter-Remonstrants delegates Delft demand Deventer Dordrecht Drenthe Dutch Republic economy eeuw England English Enkhuizen Europe European example fleet forced France Frederik Hendrik French Friesland Gelderland Geschiedenis Golden Age Gouda Grand Pensionary Groningen guilders guilds Haarlem Habsburg Hague Hilversum Hoorn immigrants important industry Johan Johan de Witt Leiden Low Countries Maurits merchants military militiamen Moreover municipal Nijmegen Oldenbarnevelt Orange organisation Overijssel painters paintings peace Pieter political poor relief population Portuguese province of Holland Purmerent Reformed Church regents religious Republic's Revolt role Rotterdam s-Hertogenbosch seventeenth century ships sixteenth century Southern Netherlands Spanish Spinoza stadholder stadholder's tion town council town hall trade troops Truce tulip Union of Utrecht Utrecht Vermeer Willem William Witt Zeeland Zutphen Zwolle