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

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 constitution, the Union of Utrecht, and fulfilling a key role as defender of the rights and privileges of the citizenry against an overwheening urban oligarchy. Source material is drawn not only from books and political pamphlets but also from contemporary drama, poetry, portraits, prints, and medals. This enables the author to examine the imagery used by the supporters of the House of Orange, in particular the symbols of rebirth and regeneration which were deployed to propagate the restoration of the stadholderate in the person of William III.

ISBN 0719081165   Pages 256 ISBN13 9780719081163 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 499 Publisher Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Imprint Manchester University Press   Series title Studies in Early Modern European History Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 03 May 2010   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 949.204   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Further/Higher education

		List of illustrations
		Introduction		1
1		The mixed constitution		9
2		A stadholder in a republic		29
3		The phoenix from the ashes: a hereditary stadholderate		57
4		The Union and the stadholderate		84
5		The image of Mars: stadholder and captain-general		106
6		A defender of the True Reformed Faith		131
7		The struggle for the past		156
8		The popular rhetoric of Orangism		180
		Conclusion		201
		Bibliography		208
		Index		223

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