The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

Author: Maarten Prak

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1009240595

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Substantially revised second edition of the leading textbook on the Dutch Republic, including new chapters on language and literature, and slavery.

The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age
The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age

Author: Helmer J. Helmers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1316780325

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During the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic was transformed into a leading political power in Europe, with global trading interests. It nurtured some of the period's greatest luminaries, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Descartes and Spinoza. Long celebrated for its religious tolerance, artistic innovation and economic modernity, the United Provinces of the Netherlands also became known for their involvement with slavery and military repression in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. This Companion provides a compelling overview of the best scholarship on this much debated era, written by a wide range of experts in the field. Unique in its balanced treatment of global, political, socio-economic, literary, artistic, religious, and intellectual history, its nineteen chapters offer an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the world of the Dutch Golden Age.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic - Volume
The Rise of the Dutch Republic - Volume

Author: John Lothrop Motley

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1596051981

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To the Dutch Republic, even more than to Florence at an earlier day, is the world indebted for practical instruction in that great science of political equilibrium which must always become more and more important as the various states of th -John Lothrop Motley, from the Preface Motley spent five years in Dresden, Brussels, and the Hague to produce, in 1856, this popular three-volume history hailed by readers of the time and recognized by scholars since as a standard of the field. The lessons for modern society Motley finds in AUTHOR BIO: American diplomat and historian John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) studied law at Harvard and Gvttingen, in Germany, where he befriended Otto von Bismarck. He traveled extensively in Europe, frequently in the diplomatic service, but he is remembered prima

The Republican Alternative
The Republican Alternative

Author: André Holenstein

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9089640053

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The Republican Alternative seeks to move beyond the mere notion of scholarly inquiry into the republic—the subject of recent rediscovery by political historians interested in Europe’s intellectual heritage—by investigating the practical similarities and differences between two early modern republics, as well as their self-images and interactions during the turbulent seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the world’s most economically successful societies, Switzerland and the Netherlands laid much of the foundation for their prosperity during the early modern period discussed here. This volume attempts to clarify the special character of these two countries as they developed, including issues of religious plurality, the republican form of government, and an increasingly commercially-driven agrarian society.