Orangism in the Dutch Republic in Word and Image, 1650-75

by Jill Stern

This remarkable study represents a completely original presentation of the language and imagery used by the Orangists in the critical period in the mid-seventeenth century Netherlands as they sought the restoration of the stadholderate in the person of the young prince William III.

Stern argues that the Orangists had no desire for the prince to become a monarch, rather that they viewed the stadholderate as an essential component of the Dutch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719081165
• ISBN13: 9780719081163
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"