Pamphlets and Politics in the Dutch Republic

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-19178-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

Despite surging interest in early modern pamphlets, political historians of the Dutch Republic, arguably the frontrunner in pamphleteering, have yet to explore their nature and relevance in depth. Rather than treating pamphlets as reflecting public opinion, or dismissing them as political froth, this volume aims to understand pamphlets as political actors in their own right. The articles focus on the function of a pamphlet, the pamphlet as a political actor, and the relationship between pamphlets and public opinion. Articles deal with these questions systematically while chronologically analysing the crucial stages in the history of the Dutch Republic. The result is a fascinating window on Dutch political culture which is relevant for anyone interested in early modern society.

Contributors include: Guido de Bruin, Femke Deen, Martin van Gelderen, Craig Harline, Roeland Harms, David Onnekink, Michel Reinders, Koen Stapelbroek, Monica Stensland and Jill Stern.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deen, Femke

Reinders, Michel

Onnekink, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Femke Deen (1975) studied Cultural Anthropology and worked as a journalist for five years before starting as a PhD-candidate at the University of Amsterdam. She is currently finishing her thesis on public debate and propaganda in Amsterdam during the Dutch Revolt (1566–1580). She published an article on Beggar Songs during the Dutch Revolt in 2008 in Holland Historisch Tijdschrift.

David Onnekink (1971) is Lecturer at the University of Utrecht. He finished his PhD thesis in 2004, which was published as The Anglo-Dutch Favourite. The Career of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (Aldershot, 2007). He is interested in foreign policy, ideology and religious conflict, and has edited several volumes of essays on these subjects. Currently he is finishing a monograph on ideology and Dutch foreign policy.

Michel Reinders (1979) is researcher of Early Modern politics and public opinion. He completed his PhD thesis Printed Pandemonium about pamphleteering during the Year of Disaster 1672 in 2008 at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Reinders has published articles about petitions and pamphleteering and is co-editor (with J. Hartman, J. Nieuwstraten) of Public Offices, Private Demands. Capability in Governance in the 17th-Century Dutch Republic (Newcastle, 2009). He is the author of Gedrukte Chaos. Populisme en moord in het Rampjaar 1672 (Amsterdam, 2010).