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 144
... true that the tryworks , for obvious reasons , were known as stinkerijen in the city , but as was so often the case in Amsterdam , the burghers held their noses and patted their purses . Does all this imply a kind of cultural chronol ...
... true that the tryworks , for obvious reasons , were known as stinkerijen in the city , but as was so often the case in Amsterdam , the burghers held their noses and patted their purses . Does all this imply a kind of cultural chronol ...
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... true that , in the last resort , the city could not survive independently of the Republic , it was equally true that the Republic could 1 not survive without Amsterdam . As by far the heaviest 224 THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.
... true that , in the last resort , the city could not survive independently of the Republic , it was equally true that the Republic could 1 not survive without Amsterdam . As by far the heaviest 224 THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.
Pagina 304
... true that Venetian mirrors , Turkish carpets , Persian silks and Japanese lacquerware were all re - exported , it is also true that the domestic market was buoyant , especially in the last half of the century . Indeed , the demand had ...
... true that Venetian mirrors , Turkish carpets , Persian silks and Japanese lacquerware were all re - exported , it is also true that the domestic market was buoyant , especially in the last half of the century . Indeed , the demand had ...
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