Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560–1700 First Edition Edition
Author(s): Hugh Dunthorne (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 8 Aug. 2013
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 287 pages
ISBN-10: 0521837472
ISBN-13: 9780521837477
Book Description
England’s response to the Revolt of the Netherlands (1568–1648) has been studied hitherto mainly in terms of government policy, yet the Dutch struggle with Habsburg Spain affected a much wider community than just the English political elite. It attracted attention across Britain and drew not just statesmen and diplomats but also soldiers, merchants, religious refugees, journalists, travellers and students into the conflict. Hugh Dunthorne draws on pamphlet literature to reveal how British contemporaries viewed the progress of their near neighbours’ rebellion, and assesses the lasting impact which the Revolt and the rise of the Dutch Republic had on Britain’s domestic history. The book explores affinities between the Dutch Revolt and the British civil wars of the seventeenth century – the first major challenges to royal authority in modern times – showing how much Britain’s changing commercial, religious and political culture owed to the country’s involvement with events across the North Sea.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Grounded in an impressive array of primary sources, meticulously researched, and elegantly written, Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560–1700 explores the lasting impact of the Dutch Revolt (and of the state, economy, society, and culture that resulted from it) on the inhabitants and the institutions of the British Isles. Indispensable reading for all those interested in early modern Britain, the Dutch revolt and the Dutch Golden Age.’ Henk van Nierop, Universiteit van Amsterdam
‘Early modern historians have long recognised that relations between the Low Countries and Britain were close, but never before has the depth and complexity of that relationship been explored in such detail as here in Hugh Dunthorne’s Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560–1700. This is the distillation of many years of meticulous research and reflection, and the result is an outstanding piece of scholarship.’ Alastair Duke, author of Dissident Identities in the Early Modern Low Countries
‘Britain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560–1700 is a valuable contribution to a field which is smaller than it ought to be. By going beyond the obvious interpretations, its author provides new and important insights. It is an asset to those teaching the Dutch revolt to anglophone students.’ Esther Mijers, Huguenot Society Journal
Book Description
This book reveals the lasting impact of the Dutch Revolt on Britain’s commercial, religious and political culture.
About the Author
Hugh Dunthorne specialises in the history of the early modern period, the Dutch Revolt and the Dutch republic and empire, the history of war, and the Enlightenment. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in History at Swansea University, and his previous publications include The Enlightenment (1991) and The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries (edited with Michael Wintle, 2012).
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