Beschreibung:
Hugh Dunthorne specialises in the history of the early modern period, the Dutch Revolt and the Dutch republic and empire, the history of war, and the Enlightenment. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in History at Swansea University, and his previous publications include The Enlightenment (1991) and The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries (edited with Michael Wintle, 2012).
This book reveals the lasting impact of the Dutch Revolt on Britain's commercial, religious and political culture.
Preface; 1. News from the Netherlands; 2. Histories and their readers; 3. The school of war; 4. The trade of merchandise; 5. The nursery to nonconformists; 6. Resistance and reform; Epilogue: the advancement of learning; Bibliography.