The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeThis text explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. |
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Here , too , historical reality belies the simplicities of nineteenth - century determinism , according to which the Republic was the political expression of a defiant community of the free and the devout .
Here , too , historical reality belies the simplicities of nineteenth - century determinism , according to which the Republic was the political expression of a defiant community of the free and the devout .
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But the governors of Holland were only too keenly aware of their disproportionate role in balancing the Republic's books . Their province bore well over half the Republic's total quota of revenues , and by far the major portion came ...
But the governors of Holland were only too keenly aware of their disproportionate role in balancing the Republic's books . Their province bore well over half the Republic's total quota of revenues , and by far the major portion came ...
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While it seems likely that by the last decades of the seventeenth century the Republic had already gone beyond its apogee in economic fortunes , colonial energies and demographic growth , I am not here concerned with the economic ...
While it seems likely that by the last decades of the seventeenth century the Republic had already gone beyond its apogee in economic fortunes , colonial energies and demographic growth , I am not here concerned with the economic ...
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Gebruikersrecensie - robeik - LibraryThingThis is a BIG book. Strap yourself in for a word and picture journey through the Netherlands of the 15th and 16th century. This is no history book; you are supposed to be somewhat familiar with it. An ... Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - jmoncton - LibraryThingSchama covers in amazing detail the culture and history of the Netherlands during the peak of its Golden Age in the seventeenth century. He provides great insight on some of the origins of the traits ... Volledige review lezen
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CHAPTER | 51 |
CHAPTER THREE FEASTING FASTING AND TIMELY ATONEMENT | 129 |
Whales on the beach writing on the wall | 130 |
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