Family, Culture and Society in the Diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, Secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25094-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

Reihe: Egodocuments and History Series

Based on analysis of a diary kept by Constantijn Huygens Jr, the secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange, this book proposes a new explanation for the invention of the modern, private diary in the 17th century. At the same time it sketches a panoramic view of Europe at the time of the Glorious Revolution and the Nine Years' War, recorded by an eyewitness. The book includes chapters on such subjects as the changing perception of time, book collecting, Huygens's role as connoisseur of art, belief in magic and witchcraft, and gossip and sexuality at the court of William and Mary. Finally this study shows how modern scientific ideas, developed by Huygens's brother Christiaan Huygens, changed our way of look-ing at the world around us.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dekker, Rudolf M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Niederländische und Flämische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. Constantijn Huygens Jr

2. Diary-Writing and Time-Keeping

3. The Glorious Revolution of 1688

4. The Nine Years' War

5. Dutchmen and Englishmen

6. The Many Faces of William of Orange

7. Connoisseur of Art

8. The Bibliotheca Zuylichemiana

9. Quacks and Witches

10. Gossip and Sex

11. Servants and Maids

12. The Last Generation

13. The Court as a Microcosm

Index of Names

Index of Places

Über Autor(innen)

Dekker, Rudolf M
Rudolf Dekker taught history at Erasmus University Rotterdam and directs the Institute for the Study of Egodocuments and History, Amsterdam. He is the author of several books, including Humour in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age (Palgrave 2001). With Arianne Baggerman he wrote Child of the Enlightenment. Revolutionary Europe Reflected in a Boyhood Diary (Brill 2005).