"The First Republic of Europe" -- Anti-Monarchism in Early Modern Dutch Political Thought -- Early Eighteenth-Century Political Languages -- Polite Republicanism and the Problem of Decline -- Republican Readings of Montesquieu: The Esprit des Lois in the Dutch Republic -- Revolution, Counterrevolution and the Stadholderate, 1780-1795 -- The Concept of Liberty in the Dutch Republic, 1780-1787 -- Contemporary Reactions to Patriot Political Discourse -- Dutch Constitutionalism at the End of the Eighteenth Century -- The End of Republican Politics
Summary
"This book explores the many varieties of eighteenth-century Dutch republicanism from a number of different methodological perspectives. It thereby significantly contributes to our understanding of a crucial period in the development of Dutch political thought."--Jacket
