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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... land was not merely reclaimed but redeemed , and in the process both were morally transformed . So the act of separating dry land from wet was laden with scriptural significance . " The making of new land belongs to God alone , " wrote ...
... land was not merely reclaimed but redeemed , and in the process both were morally transformed . So the act of separating dry land from wet was laden with scriptural significance . " The making of new land belongs to God alone , " wrote ...
Pagina 262
... land for a dwelling place of men , " stated the author of Observations Concerning the Present Affairs of Holland . Only land , which “ yielded bread to eat and wood and stone to build with , " was fit for men's habitations , and those ...
... land for a dwelling place of men , " stated the author of Observations Concerning the Present Affairs of Holland . Only land , which “ yielded bread to eat and wood and stone to build with , " was fit for men's habitations , and those ...
Pagina 625
... land claims in early Zionism see Simon Schama , Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel ( London / New York , 1979 ) . 46 See Audrey Lambert , The Making of the Dutch Land- scape ( London / New York , 1971 ) , 123 ff .; M. K. E. ...
... land claims in early Zionism see Simon Schama , Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel ( London / New York , 1979 ) . 46 See Audrey Lambert , The Making of the Dutch Land- scape ( London / New York , 1971 ) , 123 ff .; M. K. E. ...
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