Temptation in the archives : essays in Dutch Golden Age culture /

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Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such key figures as Sir Constantjin Huygens, a Dutch polymath and diplomat, we begin to see the Anglo-Dutch cultural connections that formed during...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jardine, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Civilization.
Diplomatic relations.
Intellectual life.
Social conditions.
Netherlands > Civilization > 17th century.
Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Netherlands > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Netherlands > Social conditions > 17th century.
Netherlands > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Netherlands.
Pays-Bas > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Pays-Bas > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Pays-Bas > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
Pays-Bas > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Pays-Bas.
Great Britain.
Netherlands.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Temptation in the archives
  • 1688 and all that: some curious consequences of 'going Dutch'
  • Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens's longitude clocks
  • The reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens: networker or virtuoso?
  • 'Dear Song': scholarly whitewashing of the correspondence between Constantijn Huygens and Dorothea Van Dorp
  • The afterlife of Homo Ludens: from Johan Huizinga to Natalie Zemon Davis and beyond
  • Appendices.

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