Royalist Republic - Literature, Politics, Religion in Anglo Dutch Public Sphere, 1639

Informationen zum Autor Helmer J. Helmers is Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Veni-fellow and lecturer in early modern Dutch literature and culture at the University of Amsterdam. He specializes in early modern political culture, news culture and Anglo-Dutch exchange. Klappentext This book traces the impact of the English Civil Wars and the resulting support for the royalist cause in the Dutch Republic. Zusammenfassung The execution of Charles I led to an explosion of pro-Stuart propaganda in the Dutch Republic. In gripping detail! The Royalist Republic examines how a wide variety of spies! spin doctors! and religious enthusiasts influenced public opinion in the first modern republic to support a royalist cause. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the royalist republic; Part I. Public Spheres and Discursive Communities: 1. The translation of politics: civil war polemic in the Dutch Republic; 2. Unity and uniformity: the first civil war and the Anglo-Scoto-Dutch puritan community; 3. Emerging royalism: anti-puritanism and Anglo-Scoto-Dutch history; Part II. Maps of Meaning: 4. Eikon basilike translated: the cult of the martyr king in the Dutch Republic; 5. 'When in my neighbourhood the cannons raged': war and regicide in estate poetry; 6. The cry of the royal blood: revenge tragedy and the Stuart cause in the Dutch Republic; 7. The English devil: stereotyping, demonology, and the First Anglo-Dutch War; 8. Representing restoration: politics, providence, and theatricality in Vondel and Milton; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Helmer J. Helmers, Helmers Helmer J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2015
• EAN: 9781107087613
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08761-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Netherlands, c 1500 onwards to present day, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars