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Presents an overview of early modern Dutch history in global context, focusing on themes that resonate with current concerns.
Inventing Exoticism
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Authors: Benjamin Schmidt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-21 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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In 1624 the Dutch West India Company established the colony of Brazil. Only thirty years later, the Dutch Republic handed over the colony to Portugal, never to
Early Modern Media and the News in Europe
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Dutch Republic was one of the main centers of media in Europe. These media included newspapers, pamphlets,
Domestic Devotions in the Early Modern World
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This volume sets out to explore the world of domestic devotions and is premised on the assumption that the home was a central space of religious practice and ex