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Temptation in the Archives: Essays in Golden Age Dutch Culture

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Lisa Jardine
2015
Published by: University College London
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Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such key figures as Sir Constantjin Huygens, a Dutch polymath and diplomat, we begin to see the Anglo-Dutch cultural connections that formed during this period against the backdrop of unfolding political events in England.Temptation in the Archives paints a picture of a unique relationship between the Netherlands and England in the 17th century forged through a shared experience – and reveals the lessons we can learn from it today.

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Cover

Half Title page

pp. i-ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

Preface

pp. vii-x

Acknowledgements

pp. xi-xii

Table of Contents

pp. xiii-xiv

1: Temptation in the Archives

pp. 1-17

2: 1688 And All That: Some Curious Consequences of ‘Going Dutch’

pp. 18-32

3: Never Trust a Pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

pp. 33-44

4: The Reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens: Networker or Virtuoso?

pp. 45-64

5: ‘Dear Song’: Scholarly Whitewashing of the Correspondence between Constantijn Huygens and Dorothea Van Dorp

pp. 65-83

6: The Afterlife of Homo Ludens: From Johan Huizinga to Natalie Zemon Davis and Beyond

pp. 84-101

Appendix I. ‘Temptation in the Archives’

pp. 102-118

Appendix II. ‘1688 And All That

pp. 119-121

Appendix III. ‘Never Trust a Pirate’

pp. 122-128

Appendix IV. ‘The Reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens’

pp. 129-132

Appendix V. ‘Dear Song’

pp. 133-140

Index

pp. 141-146
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