The Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century : the golden age /
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 and Maarten Prak here offers a lively and innovative history of this Dutch 'miracle' in the 17th centur...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the enigma of the republic
- A turbulent beginning
- pt. 1. War without end.
- An independent state (1609-1650)
- A world power (1650-1713)
- The armed forces
- Financial might
- pt. 2. Golden age: economy and society.
- A market economy
- A worldwide trading network
- Riches
- Toil and trouble
- pt. 3. Unity and discord: politics and governance.
- Community
- The authorities
- A dissonant chorus
- pt. 4. An urban society.
- Religious pluralism
- A new approach to science and philosophy
- The Dutch school of painting
- The urban landscape
- Conclusion: the end of the Golden Age.