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Family, culture and society in the diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange / by Rudolf Dekker.
- Title
- Family, culture and society in the diary of Constantijn Huygens Jr, secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange / by Rudolf Dekker.
- Author
- Dekker, Rudolf.
- Publication
- Leiden : Brill, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DJ173.H88 D45 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 195 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Based on analysis of a diary kept by Constantijn Huygens Jr, the secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange, this book proposes a new explanation for the invention of the modern, private diary in the 17th century. At the same time it sketches a panoramic view of Europe at the time of the Glorious Revolution and the Nine Years' War, recorded by an eyewitness. The book includes chapters on such subjects as the changing perception of time, book collecting, Huygens's role as connoisseur of art, belief in magic and witchcraft, and gossip and sexuality at the court of William and Mary. Finally this study shows how modern scientific ideas, developed by Huygens's brother Christiaan Huygens, changed our way of looking at the world around us."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Egodocuments and history ; volume 5
- Uniform Title
- Egodocuments and history series ; v. 5.
- Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Diarists > Netherlands > Biography
- Familie
- Gesellschaft
- Great Britain > History > William and Mary, 1689-1702
- Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century
- HISTORY / Europe / General
- Huygens, Constantijn 1596-1687
- Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697
- Huygens, Constantijn, jr., 1628-1697
- Kultur
- Netherlands > History > 1648-1714
- Netherlands > Intellectual life > 17th century
- Niederlande
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Constantijn Huygens Jr -- Diary-Writing and Time-Keeping -- The Glorious Revolution of 1688 -- The Nine Years' War -- Dutchmen and Englishmen -- The Many Faces of William of Orange -- Connoisseur of Art -- The Bibliotheca Zuylichemiana -- Quacks and Witches -- Gossip and Sex -- Servants and Maids -- The Last Generation -- The Court as a Microcosm.
- ISBN
- 9789004250949 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004250948 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9789004250956 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2013006877
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library