The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
Maarten Prak
ISBN: | 9781009240598 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Published: | 31 December, 2022 |
Format: | Hardcover |
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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
Maarten Prak
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 range from the introduction of the tulip to the experiences of immigrants and Jews in Dutch society, the paintings of Vermeer and Rembrandt, and the ideas of Spi
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