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The early modern Dutch press in an age of religious persecution : the making of humanitarianism /

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This text traces the emergence of European humanitarian culture through the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries. Drawing on an exceptionally rich body of pamphlets, periodicals, and newspapers, it uncovers how victims of persecution first learned how to employ the printing presses in the Dutch Rep...

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Main Author: Boer, David de, 1990- (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Press > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Press > Netherlands > History > 18th century.
Religious minorities > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Religious minorities > Netherlands > History > 18th century.
Persecution > Press coverage > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Persecution > Press coverage > Netherlands > History > 18th century.
Presse > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Presse > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Minorités religieuses > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Minorités religieuses > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Persécutions > Couverture de presse > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Persécutions > Couverture de presse > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Press
Religious minorities
Netherlands
Museology & heritage studies.
Media Studies.
1600-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • The Rise of Print as a Humanitarian Tool
  • The Terms of Debate
  • A Center of Appeal
  • 1. The Paradox of Intervention
  • The Poor of Lyon
  • Petitioning and Treason
  • Public Diplomacy
  • International Accountability
  • Law
  • Religious Persecution
  • Inhumanity
  • Confessional Animosity
  • The Limits of Humanitarian Engagement
  • Conclusion
  • 2. A Silent Persecution
  • Unconditional Loyalty
  • The Divided Provinces
  • (In)convenient News
  • The Voice of the Persecuted
  • The Psychology of Persecution
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Covering a Refugee Crisis
  • A Worried Ambassador
  • Victims
  • Anonymity
  • Perpetrators
  • Hosts
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Selling the Last War of Religion
  • The Anticipation of Fake News
  • Assuming the Voice of the Camisards
  • Selling Intervention
  • To Hearten and Inspire
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Between Eschatology and Enlightenment
  • The Tumult
  • Royal Public Diplomacy
  • A Cause Célèbre
  • Visions of Religious War
  • Irenicism
  • Foreign Narratives
  • The Last Expulsion
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: Beyond the Confessional Divide
  • Solidarity Before Modernity
  • Between Word and Deed
  • Bibliography
  • Index