The Dutch in the Early Modern World: A History of a Global Power

318 Pages·2019·5.466 MB·English

by  David Onnekink, Gijs Rommelse

The Dutch in the Early Modern World
Emerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic
rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,
military innovation, religious tolerance and intellectual development.
ThisisthefirsttextbooktopresentthisperiodofearlymodernDutch
history in a global context. It makes an active use of illustrations,
objects, personal stories and anecdotes to present a lively overview of
Dutchglobalhistorythatissolidlygroundedinsourcesandliterature.
Focusingonthemesthatresonatewithcontemporaryconcerns,suchas
overseas exploration, war, slavery, migration, identity and racism, this
volume charts the multiple ways in which the Dutch were connected
with the outside world. It serves as an engaging and accessible intro-
ductiontoDutchhistory,aswellasacasestudyinearlymodernglobal
expansion.
davidonnekinkisAssistantProfessorinEarlyModernInternational
Relations at Utrecht University. He has previously held a position at
LeidenUniversity,andwasavisitingprofessorattheCollegeofWilliam
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, and the University of California, Los
Angeles. He has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies
in Humanities at Edinburgh (2004), Het Scheepvaartmuseum in
Amsterdam (2016–2017) and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced
Study(2016).HeistheauthorofReinterpretingtheDutchFortyYearsWar
(2016), and edited volumes on War and Religion after Westphalia,
1648–1713(2009)andIdeologyandForeignPolicyinEarlyModernEurope
(1650–1750)(2011),alsowithGijsRommelse.
gijs rommelse isHeadofHistoryattheHaarlemmermeerLyceum,
theNetherlands, andanHonoraryVisitingFellowattheUniversityof
Leicester.HavingstudiedatLeidenUniversityandUniversityCollege
London,hehasbeenaresearcherattheNetherlandsInstituteofMili-
tary History at The Hague (2007–2012) and a research fellow at Het
Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam (2016–2017). His works include
AFearfulGentleman:SirGeorgeDowninginTheHague(2011),Ideology
and Foreign Policy in Early Modern Europe, 1650–1750 (2011), also
co-editedwithDavidOnnekink,andIdeologiesofWesternNavalPower,
c.1500–1815(forthcoming).

The Dutch in the Early
Modern World
A History of a Global Power
David Onnekink
UtrechtUniversity
Gijs Rommelse
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Contents
Listof Figures page vi
Listof Maps viii
Acknowledgements xi
GrandPensionaries of Holland xii
Stadholders of Holland xiii
Timelineof the Dutch in the Early ModernWorld xiv
Introduction 1
1 TheEmergingRepublic (1579–1609) 5
2 TheConfident Republic (1609–1650) 51
3 TheAscendant Republic (1650–1672) 96
4 TheCombatant Republic (1672–1713) 138
5 TheStagnant Republic (1713–1747) 183
6 TheDissolving Republic (1747–1795) 228
Epilogue 277
Index 280
v
Figures
1 An aerial view ofFort Bourtange,in eastern Groningen,
in 2007. Source:wikimedia.org page 14
2 JohannesLingelbach’spainting ofthe Dam Square
captures Amsterdam’smulticulturalatmosphere. Oil on
canvas, 112.5× 206 cm, 1656. Source: Amsterdam
Museum,inv. no. SA 3044 26
3 Vigilant Dutch lions defending the HollandGarden,
on land and at sea.Etching byWillem Basse, 1632–1634.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. RP-P-BI-705 49
4 Ambassador JoanCuneaus and his secretary Cornelis
Speelman ontheroad to Isfahan, in Persia. Oil on canvas,
101× 179cm, Jan BaptistWeenix, 1653–1659.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. SK-A-3879 80
5 Asperm whale, stuck on the beach near Beverwijk in 1601.
Etching, 411 × 597 mm, Jan Saenredam, 1602.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. RP-P-OB-4635 87
6 The Ridderzaal of the Binnenhofduringthe Great
Assemblyof 1651. Oil on paneland metal, 52× 66 cm.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. SK-C-1350 99
7 ADutch man-of-warramminga Spanish galleyoffthe
English coast on 3 October 1602. Oil on canvas,
118× 151cm, Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1617.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. SK-A-460 108
8 Believed to bethe VOC merchantJakob Martensenand
his wife. Oil on canvas, 138 × 208 cm,Aelbert Cuyp,
1640–1660.Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no.
SK-A-2350 128
9 Jacobus ElisaJohannesCapitein was taken from his
parents in modern-dayGhanaat the age of8. Etching,
245× 181mm, PieterTarné,1742.Source: Rijksmuseum
(Amsterdam), inv. no.RP-P-1903-A-23405 134
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Figures vii
10 The interior ofthe grand Portuguese synagogue.Oil on
canvas, 110 × 99 cm, Emanuel de Witt, 1670–1680.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. SK-A-3738 159
11 This rare and valuable porcelain hong bowl was produced
in China for the European market in 1775.Porcelain,
diameter 39.7 cm. Source: Het Scheepvaartmuseum
(Amsterdam), inv. no. A.3484 175
12 Frans Jansz Post captured the Dutch and European
fascination withflora and fauna in his rendering of Olinda,
in Brazil. Oil on canvas, 107.5 × 172.5 cm, 1662.
Source: Rijksmuseum(Amsterdam),inv. no. SK-A-742 180
13 The StatesGeneral’s representative CornelisHop at an
audiencewith King Louis XV ofFrance,at the Louvre
on 24July 1729.Oil on canvas, 104.5 × 163cm,
Louis-Michel Dumesnil, 1720–1729.Source: Rijksmuseum
(Amsterdam), inv. no. SK-C-152 187
14 Produced between 1635 and 1640, Willem Jansz Blaeu’s
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova is oneofthe earliest maps to
focus on this sectionof what is now the north-eastern coast
ofthe United States. Hand-coloured engraving, 48× 58cm.
Utrecht University Library, Special Collections,J. Blaeu,
Grooten atlas,oft, Werelt-beschryving (1664–1665), vol. 8 213
15 James Gillray’s cartoon The Orangerie;or the DutchCupid
Reposing, after the Fatigues of Planting.Hand-coloured
etching, 1796. Source: wikimedia.org 239
16 Map produced by Jacob Florisz van Langren in
Amsterdam in 1612.Scale: 1:24,000,000. Source: Het
Scheepvaartmuseum (Amsterdam), inv. no. RA 0959 258
17 Watercolour painting bythe Lutheran preacher Jan
Brandesshowinghis young son Jan and an anonymous
slave working at aspinning-wheel. 195 × 155 mm,
1784. Source: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), inv. no.
NG-1985-7-2-4 262
Maps
1 TheDutchRepublicaround1648
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