Research Catalog

Title

Private life and privacy in the early modern Low Countries / edited by Michael Green and Ineke Huysman.

Publication

• Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Green, Michael, 1980-
• Huysman, Ineke

Description

311 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans; 25 cm.

Summary

"This volume investigates the origins of one of the most important notions of the contemporary society: privacy. Based on case studies from the early modern Low Countries, privacy is tackled from various historical perspectives: social and cultural history, and the history of art and architecture. The Dutch Republic is well-known for its financial success, which went hand in hand with the development of a distinguished bourgeois culture and religious toleration. The accumulation of wealth among the urban population led to changes in various spheres, from daily life to art. Privacy, as a concept, start to develop in this period. Indeed, new ideas about housing with the invention of corridors, separate rooms that could be locked, and the separation of the 'common' and the 'private' space, all illustrate the growing importance of privacy in this geographical area. In this volume, we trace perspectives on early modern privacy and private life based on primary sources in several domains: letters, diaries, and poems; genre painting in art; communal life as illustrated by the Jewish community; and finally, the homes of the Dutch elite. The essays in this volume make a key contribution to the emergence of early modern privacy studies as a research field, and to the ongoing discussion of privacy in the Low Countries. Equally, these case studies can serve as models for the analysis of privacy in other European contexts."--

Series Statement

Early European research, 2295-9254 ; volume 19

Uniform Title

Early European research ; v. 19.

Subject

• Privacy > Benelux countries
• Privacy
• Benelux countries

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Call Number

JFE 23-3351

ISBN

• 9782503604442
• 2503604447

OCLC

1378095755

Title

Private life and privacy in the early modern Low Countries / edited by Michael Green and Ineke Huysman.

Publisher

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early European research, 2295-9254 ; volume 19

Early European research ; v. 19.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Green, Michael, 1980- editor. Editor

Huysman, Ineke, editor. Editor

Research Call Number

JFE 23-3351