Dynastic Colonialism: Gender, Materiality and the Early Modern House of Orange-Nassau

by Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent

Book Overview

Dynastic Colonialism analyses how women and men employed objects in particular places across the world during the early modern period in order to achieve the remarkable expansion of the House of Orange-Nassau. Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent explore how the House emerged as a leading force during a period in which the Dutch accrued one of the greatest seaborne empires. Using the concept of dynastic colonialism, they explore strategic behaviours...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367875020
• ISBN13: 9780367875022
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"