The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic

The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic
Author: Oscar Gelderblom
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2016-02-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317020774

In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch Republic emerged as one of Europe's leading maritime powers. The political and military leadership of this small country was based on large-scale borrowing from an increasingly wealthy middle class of merchants, manufacturers and regents This volume presents the first comprehensive account of the political economy of the Dutch republic from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Building on earlier scholarship and extensive new evidence it tackles two main issues: the effect of political revolution on property rights and public finance, and the ability of the nation to renegotiate issues of taxation and government borrowing in changing political circumstances. The essays in this volume chart the Republic's rise during the seventeenth century, and its subsequent decline as other European nations adopted the Dutch financial model and warfare bankrupted the state in the eighteenth century. By following the United Provinces's financial ability to respond to the changing national and international circumstances across a three-hundred year period, much can be learned not only about the Dutch experience, but the wider European implications as well.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic - Volume

The Rise of the Dutch Republic - Volume
Author: John Lothrop Motley
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1596051973

To the Dutch Republic, even more than to Florence at an earlier day, is the world indebted for practical instruction in that great science of political equilibrium which must always become more and more important as the various states of th - John Lothrop Motley, from the Preface Motley spent five years in Dresden, Brussels, and the Hague to produce, in 1856, this popular three-volume history hailed by readers of the time and recognized by scholars since as a standard of the field. The lessons for modern society Motley finds in AUTHOR BIO: American diplomat and historian John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) studied law at Harvard and Gvttingen, in Germany, where he befriended Otto von Bismarck. He traveled extensively in Europe, frequently in the diplomatic service, but he is remembered prima

The Rise of the Dutch Republic

The Rise of the Dutch Republic
Author: John Lothrop Motley
Publisher: Nabu Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2014-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781293932353

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Rise Of The Dutch Republic: A History; The Rise Of The Dutch Republic: A History; John Lothrop Motley; Volume 1 Of The Rise Of The Dutch Republic; John Lothrop Motley; Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press); No.96-98; Bohn's Standard Library; Volumes 1-3 Of Works; John Lothrop Motley; Issues 86-88 Of Everyman's Library: History; Volumes 1-5 Of Writings Of John Lothrop Motley; John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877); Volumes 1-5 Of Works; John Lothrop Motley; Chandos Classics; Volumes 96-98 Of The World's Classics; Issues 96-98 Of Oxford World's Classics; Issues 86-88 Of Everyman's Library; York Library; American Classic Series John Lothrop Motley Harper & Brothers, 1856 History; Europe; Western; History / Europe / Western; Netherlands; Netherlands History Wars of Independence, 1556-1648

Money in the Dutch Republic

Money in the Dutch Republic
Author: Sebastian Felten
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1009116479

The Dutch Republic was an important hub in the early modern world-economy, a place where hundreds of monies were used alongside each other. Sebastian Felten explores regional, European and global circuits of exchange by analysing everyday practices in Dutch cities and villages in the period 1600-1850. He reveals how for peasants and craftsmen, stewards and churchmen, merchants and metallurgists, money was an everyday social technology that helped them to carve out a livelihood. With vivid examples of accounting and assaying practices, Felten offers a key to understanding the internal logic of early modern money. This book uses new archival evidence and an approach informed by the history of technology to show how plural currencies gave early modern users considerable agency. It explores how the move to uniform national currency limited this agency in the nineteenth century and thus helps us make sense of the new plurality of payments systems today.

The Dutch Republic

The Dutch Republic
Author: Jonathan Irvine Israel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1231
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198207344

The Dutch Golden Age, known for its renowned artists and writers, was also remarkable for its immense impact on the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. Israel gives the definitive account of the emergence of the United Provinces as a great power, its subsequent decline in the 18th century, and the changing relationship between the northern Netherlands and the south, which was to develop into modern Belgium. 32 color plates.

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Maarten Prak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009240595

Substantially revised second edition of the leading textbook on the Dutch Republic, including new chapters on language and literature, and slavery.

The Frigid Golden Age

The Frigid Golden Age
Author: Dagomar Degroot
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1108317588

Dagomar Degroot offers the first detailed analysis of how a society thrived amid the Little Ice Age, a period of climatic cooling that reached its chilliest point between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The precocious economy, unusual environment, and dynamic intellectual culture of the Dutch Republic in its seventeenth-century Golden Age allowed it to thrive as neighboring societies unraveled in the face of extremes in temperature and precipitation. By tracing the occasionally counterintuitive manifestations of climate change from global to local scales, Degroot finds that the Little Ice Age presented not only challenges for Dutch citizens but also opportunities that they aggressively exploited in conducting commerce, waging war, and creating culture. The overall success of their Republic in coping with climate change offers lessons that we would be wise to heed today, as we confront the growing crisis of global warming.