Dutch Revolt Through Spanish Eyes Rodriguez Yolanda
Dutch Revolt Through Spanish Eyes Rodriguez Yolanda Historical and literary works from the Spanish Golden Age offer a wealth of information about the Spanish view of the conflict in the Netherlands…
Specifikacia Dutch Revolt Through Spanish Eyes Rodriguez Yolanda
Dutch Revolt Through Spanish Eyes Rodriguez Yolanda
Historical and literary works from the Spanish Golden Age offer a wealth of information about the Spanish view of the conflict in the Netherlands during the Dutch Revolt and the ensuing Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). These images are inextricably intertwined with the picture that the Spanish constructed of themselves as participants in the conflict. The war in the cold north was to become a fixed component in the lives of the Spaniards of the Golden Age for many years.This book reconstructs the images that the Spanish had of the Netherlands and its inhabitants.
Which images and representations circulated the most, and where did they come from? This book follows the developments of these images from the construction of an image of the enemy that reached a climax between 1621 and 1648 and then gradually faded away. Which rhetoric was used to present them to the public, and in which