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Beggars, iconoclasts, and civic patriots : the political culture of the Dutch Revolt /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnade, Peter J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Cornell paperbacks
Subjects:
Netherlands > Politics and government > 1556-1648.
Political culture > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Princely triumphs : the consecration of Burgundian political authority
  • Faithful to the king : associations of dissent
  • Vivent les gueux! : iconoclasm, inversion, and the problem of authority
  • Time, space, and the city : iconoclasm in Ypres, Ghent, and Antwerp
  • A new idolatry : Alba as avenger and usurper of royal authority
  • Spanish furies : sieges, sacks, and the city defiant
  • Father of the fatherland : William of Orange as civic patriot
  • Abjuration and assassination : the dilemma of authority.