Trials

Trials
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 794
Release: 1679
Genre: Trials
ISBN:

Family, Culture and Society in the Diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, Secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange

Family, Culture and Society in the Diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, Secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange
Author: Rudolf M. Dekker
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2013-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004250956

Based on analysis of a diary kept by Constantijn Huygens Jr, the secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange, this book proposes a new explanation for the invention of the modern, private diary in the 17th century. At the same time it sketches a panoramic view of Europe at the time of the Glorious Revolution and the Nine Years' War, recorded by an eyewitness. The book includes chapters on such subjects as the changing perception of time, book collecting, Huygens's role as connoisseur of art, belief in magic and witchcraft, and gossip and sexuality at the court of William and Mary. Finally this study shows how modern scientific ideas, developed by Huygens's brother Christiaan Huygens, changed our way of looking at the world around us.

Catalog

Catalog
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library. Rare Book Room
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1972
Genre: Rare books
ISBN: