Karel Davids

A Miracle Mirrored: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective Karel Davids

Marc Notes: Originally published: 1995.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-520) and indexes. Review Quotes: "These essays reflect much recent scholarship and will stimulate further research. Graphs, charts, maps, illustrations, and a good biography further enhance the importance of the work." ChoiceReview Quotes: ."..this is a project worthy of emulation because European history would benefit from more efforts of this sort." F. E. Beemon, Sixteenth Century JournalBrief Description: A 1996 comparative study of the Netherlands from the late sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Review Quotes: ..".this is a project worthy of emulation because European history would benefit from more efforts of this sort." F. E. Beemon, Sixteenth Century JournalTable of Contents: List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction / Karel Davids, Jan Lucassen -- 2. Similar problems, different outcomes; the Revolt of the Netherlands and the Wars of Religion in France / Henk van Nierop -- 3. The Dutch Republic: the urban impact upon politics / Marjolein 't Hart -- 4. Rulers, patricians and burghers: the Great and the Little traditions of urban revolt in the Low Countries / Marc Boone, Maarten Prak -- 5. The political culture of Germany and the Dutch Republic: similar roots, different results / Olaf Mrke -- 6. Britain and the Dutch Republic / William Speck -- 7. Church, state and people / Wiebe Bergsma -- 8. Literacy, trade and religion in the commercial centres of Europe / Margaret Spufford -- 9. Art and commerce in the Dutch Republic / Michael North -- 10. Access to credit and capital in the commercial centres of Europe / Peter Spufford -- 11. Shirts of technological leadership in early modern Europe / Karel Davids -- 12. Labour and early modern economic development / Jan Lucassen -- 13. Early modern economic growth and the standard of living: did labour benefit from Holland's Golden Age? / Leo Noordegraaf, Jan Luiten van Zanden -- 14. Conclusion / Karel Davids, Jan Lucassen -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Index of personal names -- Index of geographical names.

Contributor Bio:  Davids, Karel Karel Davids is Professor of Economic and Social History in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Contributor Bio:  Lucassen, Jan Jan Lucassen is professor of international and comparative social history at VU University Amsterdam.