Power and the city in the Netherlandic world / edited by Wayne Te Brake and Wim Klooster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society for Netherlandic History (U.S.). International Conference (1st : 2001 : Columbia University)

Contributor:

Te Brake, Wayne Ph.

Klooster, Wim.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 22.

The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Netherlands--History--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

Power (Social sciences)--Netherlands--History--Congresses.

Power (Social sciences).

Netherlands--Politics and government--Congresses.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Social conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The eleven wide-ranging essays in this volume covering the medieval and early modern periods explore how coercive power was established within, over, and by the cities of the Low Countries. They suggest a distinctive path of political development.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION

- Wayne te Brake and Wim Klooster""; ""KEYNOTE ADDRESS

- Jan de Vries""; ""THE REBELLIONS OF SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRIES� TOWNS DURING THE FOURTEENTH ANDFI FTEENTH CENTURIES

- Kelly DeVries""; ""THE DISTORTED MESSAGES OF PEACE: CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED REACTIONS TO PROPAGANDA IN THE BURGUNDIAN LOW COUNTRIES DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

- Elodie Lecuppre-Desjardin""; ""BEGGARS AND ICONOCLASTS: THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF ICONOCLASM ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS

- Peter Arnade""

""CONFESSIONAL CLEANSING: WHY AMSTERDAM DID NOT JOIN THE REVOLT (1572�1578)

- Henk Van Nierop""""POWER BY CONSTRUCTION: WHICH CITIES WHERE? PROBLEMS IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY TIMBER SUPPLIES, SAWMILLS, AND LABOR

- Elva Kathleen Lyon""; ""INSTITUTIONS, POLITICS, AND ECONOMIC POLICIES IN HABSBURG HOLLAND: THE DECLINE OF GOUDA�S BREWING INDUSTRY, 1510�1568

- Richard Yntema""; ""VISIBLE POWER? TOWN HALLS AND POLITICAL VALUES

- Joop de Jong""; ""STORIES ABOUT THE GALLOWS FIELD: POWER AND LAUGHTER IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM

- Angela Vanhaelen""

""THE STRUGGLE OVER THE SABBATH IN PETRUS STUYVESANT�S NEW AMSTERDAM

- Joyce D. Goodfriend""""�THERE IS NO SERVICE HERE BUT MY SERVICE!� MUNICIPAL ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE DOMESTIC SERVANT BEHAVIOR IN EARLY MODERN HOLLAND

- Marybeth Carlson""; ""NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Rev. papers presented at the 1st International Conference on this theme organized by the Society for Netherlandic History and held at Columbia University in June 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39920-5

9786611399207

1-4356-5763-2

90-474-2558-8

OCLC:

923614161