Anglo-Dutch Connections in the Early Modern World

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This ground-breaking collection reveals the networks of interrelation between Early Modern England and the Dutch Republic. As people, ideas and goods moved back and forth across the North Sea – or spread further afield in the vanguard of globalisation and empire – Anglo-Dutch relations shaped all aspects of life, with profound implications still relevant today. A diverse range of expert scholars share new research in their discipline, ranging across technology, trade, politics, religion and the arts. Different aspects of this history of competition, alliance, migration and conflict are taken up by each chapter, providing the reader with detailed case studies as well as the broader background and its historical roots. Anglo-Dutch Connections in the Early Modern World aims to be both accessible and innovative. It will be essential to students and researchers interested in European politics, intellectual history, and shared Anglo-Dutch society, while showcasing current research in multiple facets of the Early Modern World. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Most Ancient Allies and Familiar Neighbours Anglo-Dutch Relations in Scholarship A Transnational Perspective Shared History Travel, Language, and Education Immigration, Empire, and Colonialism Literary and Diplomatic Exchange News, Letters, and War Print Culture Design, Technology, and Production Religious Pluralism and Radicalism Setting Off Notes Part I: Travel, Language, and Education Chapter 1: Anglo-Belgica: Reading Anglo-Dutch Relations in Multilingual Conversation Manuals ‘Workers togither in the upholding of the Gospell’: Teaching Confessional Solidarity ‘Either the same, or very like’: A Shared Linguistic History ‘By their often practise, and conversse therein’: Teaching Speech and Pronunciation Conclusion Notes Chapter 2: Let Whitehall Shake: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Travelogues on War and Turmoil in England Dutch Travel Manuscripts on England Remembering the Regicide National Identity at Chatham Conclusion Notes Chapter 3: British Students at Leiden University Introduction Leiden University Anglus, Scotus, Irlandus Living in a University City Conclusion Notes Chapter 4: The English Travels of Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) Correspondence 7 June–12 November 1618 23 January–30 April 1621 5 December 1621–13 February 1623 26 February 1624–5 July 1624 In the Interim 2 June 1663–1 October 1663 7 June 1664–2 October 1664 6 November 1670–11 October 1671 Lastly Notes Part II: Immigration, Empire, and Colonialism Chapter 5: The “Amboyna Massacre” Through Native Eyes Notes Chapter 6: Sex in the City: Anglo-Dutch Relations in Seventeenth-Century Batavia The EIC and the VOC Policies on Women The Legal Regime in VOC Batavia Anglo-Dutch Conflict on the Ground Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes Chapter 7: “Going Wild”: Early Seventeenth-Century Dutch and English Interests on the Oyapock River Precedents: Early Trade and Attempts at Colonising on the Oyapock, c .1600–1617 Conclusion Notes Chapter 8: In Search of Strayed Englishmen: English Seamen Employed in the Dutch East India Company in the Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Introduction Very Few English William, Guiljam, Willem Hard Work, Low Pay The Other English Notes Part III: News, Letters, and War Chapter 9: The Proprietorship of the Sea during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1652–1674 Mare liberum and Mare clausum The Blake–Tromp Incident of 1652 The ‘Apotheosis’ of Cornelis de Witt The Merlin Incident Conclusion Notes Chapter 10: Prorogations and Perorations: Reading News about Parliament in the United Provinces, 1672–1674 Anglo-Dutch News Networks Misreading Parliamentary News Contextualising Parliamentary News Conclusion Notes Chapter 11: What is “Dutch” in the Stuart State Papers? The Stuart State Papers and the Dutch What Is “Dutch” in the State Papers? Network Science Intersection in the Network Conclusion Notes Part IV: Print Culture Chapter 12: ‘How the English nation derived mostly from the Dutch’: The Study of Old Dutch and the Development of the Printing of Old English Richard Verstegan and Anglo-Dutch Kinship Old English Type in England and the Netherlands John Selden Franciscus Junius Printing Old English at the Oxford University Press Conclusion Notes Chapter 13: Print and Piracy: The Publication History of John Selden’s Mare clausum The Origins of Mare clausum The Printing History of Mare clausum The Dissemination of Mare clausum The Aftermath Conclusion Notes Chapter 14: Anglo-Dutch Exchange and Book History: Early Modern Female Stationers Crossing Borders Historical Context Mercy Bruyning Abigail Swart Conclusion Notes Part V: Literary and Diplomatic Exchange Chapter 15: From Antwerpen to London and Back via Paris: Jan van der Noot’s Theatre Connecting People and Languages Van der Noot on His Way to London Van der Noot’s Theatre in Three Languages The Theatre Connecting People The Theatre Connecting Languages Conclusion Notes Chapter 16: Focquen-wat? : Dutch and English Libertine Poets Introduction Pocky Poetry “Lord Bollockborough” Notes Chapter 17: ‘In sight of the whole world’: Public Diplomacy and the Anglo-Dutch Community in Livorno in 1666 A New Resident in Florence Scandalous Events in Livorno Contesting Celebrations Conclusion Notes Part VI: Religious Pluralism and Radicalism Chapter 18: ‘Gods kerke voor hare vyanden bewaart’: Fast and Prayer Days in the English Stranger Churches (1560–1603) Introduction General Fast and Prayer Day Practices in the Stranger Churches Politics and Fasting in Provincial Stranger Churches Politics and Fasting in the London Stranger Churches Conclusion Notes Chapter 19: Seventeenth-Century English Writers on Dutch Nonconformists: The Cases of David Joris (George) and Menasseh ben Israel David Joris, Menasseh ben Israel, and Dutch Religious Tolerance Ben Israel and the Return of the Jews William Prynne and the Response to Ben Israel Arise Evans and Ben Israel The Hartlib Circle on Joris and Ben Israel Conclusion Notes Chapter 20: Plockhoy’s Portable Utopia: Bridging Radical Circles in England and the Netherlands Pieter Cornelius Plockhoy (c .1620–?) The Collegiants The Hartlib Circle Return to the Netherlands The Colony Plockhoy Navigating Anglo-Dutch Relations Notes Part VII: Design, Technology, and Production Chapter 21: Architectural Relations in the Seventeenth Century: A Family Affair The Stone-De Keyser Families Constantijn Huygens Conclusion Notes Chapter 22: The Dutch Painter and the English Virtuosi : Samuel van Hoogstraten and the Royal Society Notes Chapter 23: Technology in a Hostile Environment: The Case of Cornelius Vermuyden Water Management in the South-western Netherlands Vermuyden in the Thames Estuary Vermuyden in the Peak District Vermuyden in the Fens Conclusion Notes Afterword Notes Bibliography Index