Myth in History, History in Myth
Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Society for Netherlandic History (New York: June 5-6, 2006)
Published on 31. August 2009
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-90-04-17834-2 (ISBN)
Description
In 1975, a group of Dutch and British scholars published a conference volume of collected essays entitled Some Political Mythologies. That conference sought to examine the political myth as an object of historical study, particularly in the context of the tumultuous and exceptional history of the Low Countries. Thirty years later, a more diverse group of scholars gathered to re-examine the history of Dutch myth-making in light of developments in theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the role of myths in national identity, moral geography, and community formation. The results of their efforts appear in this volume, Myth in History: History in Myth. The essays cover developments in history, anthropology, cartography, philosophy, art history, and literature as they pertain to how the Dutch historically perceived these myths and how the myths have been treated by previous generations of historians.
Reviews / Votes
"...considerable erudition and impressive scholarship." - Jo Tollebeek, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in: The Low Countries Historical Review Vol. 126, no. 3 (2011) pp. 82-83More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
17 s/w Abbildungen
17 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-17834-2 (9789004178342)
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Persons
Laura Cruz, Ph.D. (2001) in History, University of California at Berkeley, is an Associate Professor of History at Western Carolina University. She has published works on Dutch political and economic culture, including The Paradox of Prosperity (Oak Knoll, 2008).
Willem Frijhoff (1942), studied history and social anthropology in Paris, and obtained his Ph.D. degree at Tilburg University (1981). He is a honorary professor of early modern history at the VU-University, Amsterdam. He published extensively on religious history and history of education in early modern Europe and colonial America. His latest book is Fulfilling God's Mission. The Two Worlds of Dominie Everardus Bogardus 1607-1647 (Brill, 2007).
Willem Frijhoff (1942), studied history and social anthropology in Paris, and obtained his Ph.D. degree at Tilburg University (1981). He is a honorary professor of early modern history at the VU-University, Amsterdam. He published extensively on religious history and history of education in early modern Europe and colonial America. His latest book is Fulfilling God's Mission. The Two Worlds of Dominie Everardus Bogardus 1607-1647 (Brill, 2007).
Content
Introduction, "Myth in History/History in Myth", Laura Cruz and Willem Frijhoff
1. 'How Great the Enterprise, How Glorious the Deed': Seventeenth Century Dutch Circumnavigations as Useful Myth", Donald Harreld
2. The Orangist Myth, 1650-1672, Jill Stern
3. Myth, History, and Image in the Sixteenth Century Low Countries, Jac Geurts
4. The Wise Man has Two Tongues: Images of the Satyr and the Peasant by Jordaens and Steen, Kimberlee Cloutier-Blazzard
5. Emblematic Myths: Anneke's fortune, Bogardus's Farewell, and Kieft's Son, Willem Frijhoff
6. International Law and National Existence: the Myth of Strict Neutrality (1918-?), Hubert P. van Tuyll
7. The Epic Story of the Little Republic that Could: The Role of Patriotic Myths in the Dutch Golden Age, Laura Cruz
8. History and Myth of Dutch Popular Protest in the Napoleonic period (1806-1813), Johan Joor
9. 'Neerlands Israel' Political Theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical Antiquarianism, and Historical Myth, Theodor Dunkelgruen
10. Rembrandt and the Historical Reconstruction of His 'Conspiration of Claudius Civilis', Jan Blanc
1. 'How Great the Enterprise, How Glorious the Deed': Seventeenth Century Dutch Circumnavigations as Useful Myth", Donald Harreld
2. The Orangist Myth, 1650-1672, Jill Stern
3. Myth, History, and Image in the Sixteenth Century Low Countries, Jac Geurts
4. The Wise Man has Two Tongues: Images of the Satyr and the Peasant by Jordaens and Steen, Kimberlee Cloutier-Blazzard
5. Emblematic Myths: Anneke's fortune, Bogardus's Farewell, and Kieft's Son, Willem Frijhoff
6. International Law and National Existence: the Myth of Strict Neutrality (1918-?), Hubert P. van Tuyll
7. The Epic Story of the Little Republic that Could: The Role of Patriotic Myths in the Dutch Golden Age, Laura Cruz
8. History and Myth of Dutch Popular Protest in the Napoleonic period (1806-1813), Johan Joor
9. 'Neerlands Israel' Political Theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical Antiquarianism, and Historical Myth, Theodor Dunkelgruen
10. Rembrandt and the Historical Reconstruction of His 'Conspiration of Claudius Civilis', Jan Blanc