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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
"History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times
"Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Dec 8th, 1997
- Pages: 720
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.60in - 1.70in - 1.95lb
- EAN: 9780679781240
- Categories: • Western Europe - General• Anthropology - Cultural & Social• Modern - 17th Century
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What people are saying
Former author of the comics newsblog, Journalista / managing editor, The Comics Journal. Lastname at gmail dot the usual.
(By which I mean that the Dutch approach to free speech was deeply influenced by the Reformation, not that Martin Luther was Dutch or some such nonsense -- see Simon Schama's excellent book "The Embarrassment of Riches" for the full, fascinating story.)
Maverick Cultural Collaborator and 2020 Clore Leadership Fellow, sometimes broadcaster & often avid Writer represented @DGAlitagents David Godwin Associates.
@simon_schama looking forward to this, as I have done your telly talk. Decades before: The Embarrassment of Riches changed me. https://t.co/8G9J4i4AOC
What people are saying
Former author of the comics newsblog, Journalista / managing editor, The Comics Journal. Lastname at gmail dot the usual.
(By which I mean that the Dutch approach to free speech was deeply influenced by the Reformation, not that Martin Luther was Dutch or some such nonsense -- see Simon Schama's excellent book "The Embarrassment of Riches" for the full, fascinating story.)
Maverick Cultural Collaborator and 2020 Clore Leadership Fellow, sometimes broadcaster & often avid Writer represented @DGAlitagents David Godwin Associates.
@simon_schama looking forward to this, as I have done your telly talk. Decades before: The Embarrassment of Riches changed me. https://t.co/8G9J4i4AOC