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Heaven's wrath : the Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic world /

"Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Noorlander, D. L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:New Netherland Institute studies
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age
  • The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry
  • The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Dutch merchants in Europe
  • Baptized by water and fire : the religious ideology and rites of the company's early fleets and conquests
  • The challenges and shortcomings of public worship in the company's first forts and colonial settlements
  • Calvinist reformers in Dutch Brazil and the impacts of reform on Portuguese Catholics before the revolt
  • Unrighteous rulers, sinful settlers, and religious dissenters in New Netherland and the Dutch Caribbean
  • The harvest was great, the laborers few : Dutch mission theology and outreach among Africans and Indians
  • Tensions and conflicts over religious resources and power in the West India Company's later years
  • Conclusion : the West India Company, the East India Company, and the Catholic powers in comparative perspective.