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Author Society for Netherlandic History (U.S.). International Conference (3rd : 2006 : New York, N.Y.)

Title Myth in history, history in myth / edited by Laura Cruz, Willem Frijhoff
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 182
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 182.
Contents 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, 1650-1672 / 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 (1806-1813) / Johan Joor -- "Neerlands Israel" : political theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical antiquarianism, and historical myth / Theodor Dunkelgrün -- Rembrandt and the historical construction of his Conspiration of Claudius Civilis / Jan Blanc
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Myth -- Political aspects -- Netherlands -- Congresses
Myth -- Social aspects -- Netherlands -- Congresses
Myth -- Political aspects -- Benelux countries -- Congresses
Myth -- Social aspects -- Benelux countries -- Congresses
HISTORY -- General.
Intellectual life
Myth -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Mythos
Politik
Kultur
Mythen -- Politik -- Niederlande -- Geschichte Neuzeit -- Kongressbericht.
Politik -- Mythen -- Niederlande -- Geschichte Neuzeit -- Kongressbericht.
SUBJECT 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
Subject Benelux countries
Netherlands
Niederlande
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Cruz, Laura, 1969-
Frijhoff, Willem.
ISBN 9789047440697
9047440692
1282606166
9781282606166
9786612606168
6612606169