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Europe within reach : Netherlandish travellers on the grand tour and beyond (1585-1750) /
Transl. by Diane Webb. In 'Europe within reach' Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling. Leisure trips to Paris...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Egodocuments and history series ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Europe within Reach: Netherlandish Travellers on the Grand Tour and Beyond (1585-1750); Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Maps and Graphs; Introduction; Overture; Sources; Method; Theory; Boundaries; PART 1: The Travellers; 1 Elite Travellers; Group Portrait; Bourgeois Dignitas; Professions; Fortune; Lifestyle; Aristocratic Swaggering; Conclusion; 2 Objectives; Diplomacy; Education; Business; Leisure; Conclusion; 3 Servants; Travelling Servants; Worlds Apart; Status and Street Credibility; Disobedience and Loyalty; Culture and Recreation; Conclusion; 4 Other Travellers.
- In the Margin of the Group PortraitThe Upper Middle Class; Age; Female Travellers; Conclusion; Halfway; PART 2: Destinations and Activities Undertaken en Route; 5 Culture; The Perception of Art on Tour; Connoisseurs and Art Lovers; Personal Taste; Conclusion; 6 History; The Legacy of Clio; Oblivion and Recollection; Heroes of Yesteryear; Conclusion; 7 Landscapes; Experiencing Nature; Familiar Ground; The Rustic Landscape; Classical Gardens; Rugged Nature; Conclusion; 8 Consumption; Conspicuous Consumption; Consumer Revolution; Creative Consumption; Cosmopolitanism; Social Significance.
- Leisure ConsumptionConclusion; 9 Politics; Early-Modern Propaganda and Travel Behaviour; The Image of Louis XIV; Conclusion; Conclusion; Evolving Travel Behaviour; Agents of Change; Significance; Tourism?; Bibliography; Index of Places; Index of Names.