The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555-1590

Martin van Gelderen

Cambridge University Press, 3 okt 2002 - 332 pagina's

This book is a comprehensive study of the history of the political thought of the Dutch Revolt (1555-90). It explores the development of the political ideas which motivated and legitimized the Dutch resistance against the government of Philip II in the Low Countries, and which became the ideological foundations of the Dutch Republic as it emerged as one of the main powers of Europe. It shows how notions of liberty, constitutionalism, representation and popular sovereignty were of central importance to the political thought and revolutionary events of the Dutch Revolt, giving rise to a distinct political theory of resistance, to fundamental debates on the 'best state' of the new Dutch commonwealth and to passionate disputes on the relationship between church and state which prompted some of the most eloquent early modern pleas for religious toleration.

Inhoudsopgave

• List of abbreviations: 1
• historical contexts: 13
• the case of Reformed: 62
• the political justification of: 110
• the quest for the best state: 166
• 10: 194
• the debates: 213
• 338: 218
• 40: 224
• 74: 232
• 105: 240
• the Dutch Revolt and the history: 260
• a note on primary sources: 288
• Index: 323

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555-1590; Nummer 23 van Ideas in Context, ISSN 0962-4945
• Auteur: Martin van Gelderen
• Editie: geïllustreerd, herdruk, herzien
• Uitgever: Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0521891639, 9780521891639
• Lengte: 332 pagina's