Myth in History, History in Myth : Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Society for Netherlandic History (New York, June 5-6, 2006).

Myth in History, History in Myth : Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Society for Netherlandic History (New York, June 5-6, 2006).

Based on the proceedings of a 2005 conference, this volume re-examines the role of Dutch social and patriotic myths. Using recent methodological approaches, the essays assess how the Dutch perceived their myths and how they were treated by previous historians.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cruz, Laura, 1969-
Other Authors: Frijhoff, Willem
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2009.
Series:Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 182.
Subjects:
Myth > Political aspects > Netherlands > Congresses.
Myth > Social aspects > Netherlands > Congresses.
Myth > Political aspects > Benelux countries > Congresses.
Myth > Social aspects > Benelux countries > Congresses.
Intellectual life
Myth > Political aspects
Politics and government
Netherlands > History > Congresses.
Netherlands > Politics and government > Congresses.
Netherlands > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Benelux countries > History > Congresses.
Benelux countries > Politics and government > Congresses.
Benelux countries > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Benelux countries
Netherlands
Conference papers and proceedings
History
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Myth in History, History in Myth (Laura Cruz and Willem Frijhoff); "How Great the Enterprise, How Glorious the Deed": Seventeenth-Century Dutch Circumnavigations as Useful Myths (Donald J. Harreld); The Orangist Myth, 16501672 (Jill Stern); Myth, History, and Image in the Low Countries in the Sixteenth Century (Jac Geurts); The Wise Man Has Two Tongues: Images of the Satyr and Peasant by Jordaens and Steen (Kimberlee Cloutier-Blazzard); Emblematic Myths: Anneke's Fortune, Bogardus's Farewell, and Kieft 's Son (Willem Frijhoff).
  • International Law and National Existence: The Myth of Strict Neutrality (1918?) (Hubert P. van Tuyll)The Epic Story of the Little Republic That Could: The Role of Patriotic Myths in the Dutch Golden Age (Laura Cruz); History and Myth of Dutch Popular Protest in the Napoleonic Period (18061813) (Johan Joor); 'Neerlands Israel': Political Theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical Antiquarianism, and Historical Myth (Theodor D.

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