Ambitious Antiquities, Famous Forebears: Constructions of a Glorious Past in the Early Modern Netherlands and in Europe

by Karl A.E. Enenkel

This monograph studies the constructions of 'impressive' historical descent manufactured to create 'national', regional, or local antiquities in early modern Europe (1500-1700), especially the Netherlands. This was a period characterised by important political changes and therefore by an increased need for legitimation; a need which was met using historical claims. Literature, scholarship, art and architecture were pivotal media that were used to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004361391
• ISBN13: 9789004361393
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"