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The Dutch are ‘the envy of some, the fear of others, and the wonder of all their neighbours’. So wrote the English ambassador to the Dutch Republic, Sir William Temple, in 1673. Maarten Prak offers a lively and innovative history of the Dutch Golden Age, charting its political, social, economic and cultural history through chapters that ...
Focusing on themes that resonate with contemporary concerns, such as overseas exploration, war, slavery, migration, identity and racism, this volume charts the multiple ways in which the Dutch were connected with the outside world.
The Dutch Republic existed from 1579 to 1795 and was a confederation of seven provinces, which had their own governments and were very independent, and a number of so-called Generality Lands. These latter were governed directly by the States-General ( Staten-Generaal in Dutch), the federal government.
The Dutch Republic adopted a rather atypical form of government. It was neither a city-state like Venice, nor a modern (equating modern with centralization) territorial state, such as France.
Largely passing by the Dutch revolt, this is an introduction to the history of the Dutch Republic, with a strong focus on economic and social history, especially urban life and urban citizenship. With an elaborate bibliographic essay.
Feb 5, 2015 · The year 1650 marked a political turning point for the Dutch Republic: for the first time in its short history, there was no member of the House of Orange who was a suitable candidate for the office of stadholder. This situation posed fundamental questions about the existing political order.
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Oct 10, 2020 · Providing a comprehensive introduction to governance and politics in the Netherlands, this work includes accounts of the management of the economy and the liberalization of euthanasia. Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-253) and index.
