Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560–1700

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ID23146460
AuthorsHugh Dunthorne (Swansea University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-08-08
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueBritain and the Dutch Revolt, 1560-1700 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139046138
OpenAlexW354988389
Open LibraryOL34561716M
ISBN9781139046138
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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.

Economic history · Elite · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Achtzigjähriger Krieg · foreign relations · Great britain · Influence · Netherlands · politics and government

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