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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809290303321

Autore

Reinders Michel <1979->

Titolo

Printed pandemonium : popular print and politics in the Netherlands, 1650-72 / / Michel Reinders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

1-299-10486-X

90-04-24317-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 pages)

Collana

Library of the written word ; ; v. 23

Library of the written word. The handpress world, , 1874-4834 ; ; v. 17

Disciplina

949.2/04

Soggetti

Political culture - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Pamphlets - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Printing - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Riots - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Netherlands Politics and government 1648-1714

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Print and Politics in Early Modern History -- “The Remedy is Worse than the Problem” -- Declaring War -- The First Revolt -- A New Stadholder -- The Assassination -- A Sovereign Count of Orange -- A Petition Dressed Like a Dialogue -- The Dutch Republic after the Purges -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Printed Pandemonium is a fresh take on one of the most violent political upheavals in early modern history: the popular riots, the political murders and the brutal purifications of local governments in the Dutch Republic during the so-called ‘Year of Disaster’ 1672. Printed Pandemonium gives an insight into the relationship between political event and political communication in the early modern world. The popular revolts of 1672 were the work of ‘normal’ citizens who rioted and killed, but also politically participated by reading, writing and debating hundreds of different pamphlets and petitions that were put on the market during that momentous year. In total somewhere between one and two million pamphlets flooded the Dutch Republic in



1672. This study is the first analysis of all these pamphlets.