CHAPTER ONE: Temptation in the Archives -- CHAPTER TWO: 1688 And All That: Some Curious Consequences of 'Going Dutch' -- CHAPTER THREE: Never Trust a Pirate: Christiaan Huygens's Longitude Clocks -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens: Networker or Virtuoso? -- CHAPTER FIVE: 'Dear Song': Scholarly Whitewashing of the Correspondence between Constantijn Huygens and Dorothea Van Dorp -- CHAPTER SIX: The Afterlife of Homo Ludens: From Johan Huizinga to Natalie Zemon Davis and Beyond -- Appendices: I. Temptation in the archives -- II. 1688 and all that -- III. Never trust a pirate -- IV. The reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens -- V. Dear song
Summary
Through the study of such key figures as Sir Constantjin Huygens, a Dutch polymath and diplomat, we begin to see the Anglo-Dutch cultural connections that formed during this period against the backdrop of unfolding political events in England. Temptation in the Archives paints a picture of a unique relationship between the Netherlands and England in the 17th century forged through a shared experience - and reveals the lessons we can learn from it today
Analysis
archives
renaissance
dutch history
Christiaan Huygens
Constantijn Huygens
England
Johan Huizinga
London
Netherlands
The Hague
Notes
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