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 58
... period of the Revolt . And the urgency of its tone was surely a response to the predicament that the Netherlanders found themselves in in 1585 , with the fall of Antwerp to Parma's armies traumatically sundering the old unities of south ...
... period of the Revolt . And the urgency of its tone was surely a response to the predicament that the Netherlanders found themselves in in 1585 , with the fall of Antwerp to Parma's armies traumatically sundering the old unities of south ...
Pagina 122
... period . And it was precisely because external perils and pressures remained so great for most of the century that the national culture , in its formative period , was like an ark , designed to accommodate multifarious species all ...
... period . And it was precisely because external perils and pressures remained so great for most of the century that the national culture , in its formative period , was like an ark , designed to accommodate multifarious species all ...
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... period of 1730-95 . So there may have been more " vuile bruiden " ( dirty brides ) , even among the " respectable " classes than the propaganda of virtue suggests . In at least one fascinating case , a wedding portrait that presented a ...
... period of 1730-95 . So there may have been more " vuile bruiden " ( dirty brides ) , even among the " respectable " classes than the propaganda of virtue suggests . In at least one fascinating case , a wedding portrait that presented a ...
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1988 |
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