314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fascinating new interpretation of Dutch society in the Golden Age is a major contribution to early modern history. Dutch society in this period was to a significant extent different from that of the rest of Europe. A high proportion of the population lived in the numerous towns and market forces had penetrated the whole economy and transformed every level of society. The heart of this book is... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 The Dutch Republic, 1588–1648; Chapter 1 The Emergence of a New State; Chapter 2 The Economic Miracle; Chapter 3 Social Change; Part 2 Apogee and the Portents of Decline, 1648-1713; Chapter 4 A Bourgeois Society?; Chapter 5 Survival in a Hostile World; Chapter 6 Intimations of Mortality; Chapter 7 Dutch Society in the Golden Century;
Biography
J. L. Price
