The Royalist Republic : literature, politics and religion in the Anglo- Dutch public sphere, 1639-1660
Helmers, H.J.
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The Royalist Republic
Literature, Politics and Religion in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1639-1660
Helmer J. Helmers
Cover illustration: Vincent van der Vinne, Vanitas Still-Life with Crown, Globe and Portrait of Charles I (c. 1650-1655). Painting, oil on canvas. Paris: Louvre.
The Royalist Republic.
Literature, Politics, and Religion in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere 1639-1660
(met een samenvatting in het Nederlands)
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 30 juni 2011
klokke 11.15 uur
door
Helmer Jon Helmers
geboren te Amersfoort
in 1977.
Promotor: Prof. dr. F.W.A. Korsten (Universiteit Leiden) Co-promotor: Dr. A.J. Hoenselaars (Universiteit Utrecht) Overige commissieleden: Prof. dr. Jürgen Pieters (Universiteit Gent) Prof. Kevin Sharpe (Queen Mary, London) Prof. dr. Peter Liebregts (Universiteit Leiden) Dr. Marika Keblusek (Universiteit Leiden)
Dr. Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen (Universiteit Leiden)
Contents
List of Illustrations ... 1
Abbreviations ... 2
Preliminary Remarks... 3
Introduction: The Royalist Republic ... 5
Part 1: Public Spheres and Discursive Communities
Chapter 1. The Translation of Politics: Civil War Polemic in the Dutch Republic ...31Chapter 2. Unity and Uniformity: The First Civil War and the Anglo-Scoto-Dutch Puritan Community ... 65
Chapter 3. ‘The Puritan Altar’: Anglo-Dutch Anti-Puritanism and the Re-enactment of History... 93
Part 2: Maps of Meaning
Chapter 4. Eikon Basilike: The Cult of the Martyr King in the Dutch Republic ... 119Chapter 5. ‘When in My Neighbourhood the Cannons Raged’: War and Regicide in Estate Poetry ...149
Chapter 6. The Cry of the Royal Blood: Revenge Tragedy and the Stuart Cause in the Dutch Republic... 173
Chapter 7. The English Devil Stereotyping, Demonology, and the First Anglo-Dutch War... 199
Conclusion ... 231
Illustrations ... 241
Bibliography of Primary Sources... 259
Bibliography of Secondary Sources... 277
Samenvatting in het Nederlands (Summary in Dutch)... 301
Dankwoord (Acknowledgements) ... 309
Curriculum Vitae ... 313 Appendices
Comprehensive Lists of Dutch Materials on Civil Wars and Interregnum ... CD-ROM