1417: Het begin van zeshonderd jaar Republiek der Letteren

Translated title of the contribution: 1417: The start of 600 years Republic of Letters

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Abstract

This chapter gives an accessible introduction to the Republic of Letters, arguing that the Netherlands played a crucial role in this transnational success story. This story fallen victim to historiographies that focus on Dutch political borders and Dutch language culture; the learned culture of the United Provinces was multilingual (Latin and French before Dutch) and international (half of the professors being French or German), with intense epistolary traffic with England and Scotland. Moreover, the 'modern' Republiek der Letteren is seen as a the literary incrowd of Dutch novels and poetry, whereas the early modern Republic of Letters was learned, scientific and scholarly.
Translated title of the contribution1417: The start of 600 years Republic of Letters
Original languageDutch
Title of host publicationWereldgeschiedenis van Nederland
EditorsLex Heerma van Voss, Marjolein 't Hart, Karel Davids, Karwan Fatah-Black, Leo Lucassen, Jeroen Touwen, Marijcke Schillings
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherAmbo/Anthos
Pages143-148
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)978 90 263 4399 5
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2018

Bibliographical note

Published in the context of ERC Consolidator Project no. 724972 SKILLNET, with support of European Research Country.

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