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1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations, map |
Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 182 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 182.
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Contents |
Introduction: Myth in history, history in myth / Laura Cruz and Willem Frijhoff -- "How great the enterprise, how glorious the deed" : seventeenth-century Dutch circumnavigations as useful myths / Donald J. Harreld -- The Orangist myth, 1650-1672 / Jill Stern -- Myth, history, and image in the Low Countries in the sixteenth century / Jac Geurts -- The wise man has two tongues : images of the Satyr and peasant by Jordaens and Steen / Kimberlee Cloutier-Blazzard -- Emblematic myths : Anneke's fortune, Bogardus's farewell, and Kieft's son / Willem Frijhoff -- International law and national existence : the myth of strict neutrality (1918-?) / Hubert P. van Tuyll -- The epic story of the little republic that could : the role of patriotic myths in the Dutch Golden Age / Laura Cruz -- History and myth of Dutch popular protest in the Napoleonic period (1806-1813) / Johan Joor -- "Neerlands Israel" : political theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical antiquarianism, and historical myth / Theodor Dunkelgrün -- Rembrandt and the historical construction of his Conspiration of Claudius Civilis / Jan Blanc |
Summary |
Based on the proceedings of a 2005 conference, this volume re-examines the role of Dutch social and patriotic myths. Using recent methodological approaches, the essays assess how the Dutch perceived their myths and how they were treated by previous historians |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Myth -- Political aspects -- Netherlands -- Congresses
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Myth -- Social aspects -- Netherlands -- Congresses
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Myth -- Political aspects -- Benelux countries -- Congresses
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Myth -- Social aspects -- Benelux countries -- Congresses
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HISTORY -- General.
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Intellectual life
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Myth -- Political aspects
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Politics and government
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Mythos
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Politik
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Kultur
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Mythen -- Politik -- Niederlande -- Geschichte Neuzeit -- Kongressbericht.
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Politik -- Mythen -- Niederlande -- Geschichte Neuzeit -- Kongressbericht.
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SUBJECT |
Netherlands -- History -- Congresses
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Netherlands -- Politics and government -- Congresses
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Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
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Benelux countries -- History -- Congresses
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Benelux countries -- Politics and government -- Congresses
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Benelux countries -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
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Benelux countries
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Netherlands
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Niederlande
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Cruz, Laura, 1969-
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Frijhoff, Willem.
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ISBN |
9789047440697 |
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9047440692 |
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1282606166 |
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9781282606166 |
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9786612606168 |
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6612606169 |
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