The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806

by Jonathan Israel

2020-11-24 20:10:39

The Dutch Golden Age, the age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and a host of other renowned artists and writers was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was in fact one of th... Read more
The Dutch Golden Age, the age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and a host of other renowned artists and writers was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. It was in fact one of the most spectacularly creative episodes inthe history of the world. Jonathan Israel gives the definitive account of the emergence of the United Provinces as a great power, and explains the subsequent decline in the eighteenth century. He places the thought, politics, religion, and social developments of the Golden Age in their broadcontext, and examines the changing relationship between the northern Netherlands and the south, which was to develop into modern Belgium. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 2.01 in
Print pages1262
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date June 1, 1998
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198207344

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