Myth in history, history in myth / / editors, Laura Cruz, Willem Frijhoff.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 182
• Author: Society for Netherlandic History (U.S.). International Conference
• TeilnehmendeR: Cruz, Laura, 1969-; Frijhoff, Willem.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 182.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) :; illustrations, map
• Notes: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Society for Netherlandic History (New York: June 5-6, 2006).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282606166; 9786612606168; 9047440692
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: editors, Laura Cruz, Willem Frijhoff.

In 1975, a group of Dutch and British scholars published a conference volume of collected essays entitled Some Political Mythologies . That conference sought to examine the political myth as an object of historical study, particularly in the context of the tumultuous and exceptional history of the Low Countries. Thirty years later, a more diverse group of scholars gathered to re-examine the history of Dutch myth-making in light of developments in theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the role of myths in national identity, moral geography, and community formation. The results of their efforts appear in this volume, Myth in History: History in Myth . The essays cover developments in history, anthropology, cartography, philosophy, art history, and literature as they pertain to how the Dutch historically perceived these myths and how the myths have been treated by previous generations of historians.