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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815406003321

Autore

Dunthorne Hugh

Titolo

Britain and the Dutch revolt, 1560-1700 / / Hugh Dunthorne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-89018-2

1-107-24094-8

1-107-25065-X

1-107-24982-1

1-107-24816-7

1-107-24733-0

1-139-04613-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

949.2/03

Soggetti

Netherlands History Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 Influence

Netherlands Politics and government 1556-1648

Great Britain Foreign relations Netherlands

Netherlands Foreign relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

News from the Netherlands -- Histories and their readers -- The school of war -- The trade of merchandise -- The nursery to nonconformists -- Resistance and reform.

Sommario/riassunto

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.