The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeCollins, 1987 - 698 pagina's This 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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Pagina 83
... Spanish characters were in any event too remote for durable reconciliation . Baudart and Scriverius made much of the Spanish fixation with hoogmoed - pride or haughtiness — a quality invidiously contrasted with the characteris- tic ...
... Spanish characters were in any event too remote for durable reconciliation . Baudart and Scriverius made much of the Spanish fixation with hoogmoed - pride or haughtiness — a quality invidiously contrasted with the characteris- tic ...
Pagina 86
... Spanish troops flay men alive and stretch their skins across their regimental drums the son ( understandably ) interjects , “ Father , my hair stands on end to hear you relate such things . " 71 The Spanish Black Legend was , then , at ...
... Spanish troops flay men alive and stretch their skins across their regimental drums the son ( understandably ) interjects , “ Father , my hair stands on end to hear you relate such things . " 71 The Spanish Black Legend was , then , at ...
Pagina 251
... Spanish Fury " in the south and the raw memories of the occupations and sieges of the 1570s , it was true , of course , that the war between 1590 and 1612 had indeed coincided with the most spectacular flowering of the Dutch economy ...
... Spanish Fury " in the south and the raw memories of the occupations and sieges of the 1570s , it was true , of course , that the war between 1590 and 1612 had indeed coincided with the most spectacular flowering of the Dutch economy ...
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1988 |
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