Temptation in the archives : essays in Golden Age Dutch culture /: essays in Golden Age Dutch culture. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lisa Jardine.
• Authors: Jardine, Lisa
• Contents: CHAPTER ONE: Temptation in the Archives -- CHAPTER TWO: 1688 And All That: Some Curious Consequences of 'Going Dutch' -- CHAPTER THREE: Never Trust a Pirate: Christiaan Huygens's Longitude Clocks -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens: Networker or Virtuoso? -- CHAPTER FIVE: 'Dear Song': Scholarly Whitewashing of the Correspondence between Constantijn Huygens and Dorothea Van Dorp -- CHAPTER SIX: The Afterlife of Homo Ludens: From Johan Huizinga to Natalie Zemon Davis and Beyond -- Appendices: I. Temptation in the archives -- II. 1688 and all that -- III. Never trust a pirate -- IV. The reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens -- V. Dear song.
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages)
• Subjects: 949.204; Archival resources; Civilization -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- Civilization -- 17th century -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- Civilization -- English influences -- Archival resources; England -- Civilization -- Dutch influences -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714 -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- History -- Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- 1556-1648 -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- 1648-1714 -- Archival resources; Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Archival resources; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Netherlands -- Archival resources; England; Great Britain; Netherlands; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781910634097; 1910634093; 9781910634073; 1910634077; 9781910634080; 1910634085
• Related ISBNs: 9781910634028; 1910634026; 9781910634035; 1910634034
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.