Moral Panic and Holland’s Libertine Youth of the 1650s and 1660s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin B Roberts (History Department at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Leendert F Groenendijk (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 327-346 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199005279152 |
| OpenAlex | W2087552861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
During the 1650s and 1660s, the Dutch Republic witnessed a wave of moral panic created by moralists. Every natural disaster, economic setback, and war that the Republic was involved in was considered to be a sign of God’s wrath on Holland’s newly acquired freedom, wealth, and secular society. Much of the finger-pointing was directed toward Holland’s young people, who were accused of being vain, defying the Sabbath, visiting the theater, gambling, drinking, and fornicating. These accusations were, however, misplaced. This article examines the moral crusade of the 1650s and 1660s, and discovers that moralists were more upset that the Dutch Republic became a secular society and did not evolve into a theocratic state or “Dutch Israel,” as they had hoped. Holland’s youth were used as a scapegoat to create moral panic among political leaders, so they would reform Holland’s secular society
Moral panic · Political science · Politics · Scapegoat · Sociology · The Republic · Theology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |