British travellers in Holland during the Stuart period : : Edward Browne and John Locke as tourists in the United Provinces / / by C.D. van Strien.
The book is a comprehensive study of British travel in the United Provinces during the Stuart Period and largely based on journals and correspondence never before published. After a discussion of travel journals and correspondence as a literary genre with conventions of its own, the book focuses on...
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Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 42 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1993. |
Year of Publication: | 1993 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 42. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (470 pages) :; illustrations. |
Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1989. |
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Summary: | The book is a comprehensive study of British travel in the United Provinces during the Stuart Period and largely based on journals and correspondence never before published. After a discussion of travel journals and correspondence as a literary genre with conventions of its own, the book focuses on the more concrete activities of the tourist: transport, accommodation and sightseeing. A large number of guidebooks provided the necessary information and helped the tourist to write his observations on Holland and the Dutch. Letters by Edward Browne (1644-1708), passages from the journal of John Locke (1632-1704) and the financial accounts of the third Earl of Orrery (1670-1703) take the reader through most of the provinces and give a first-hand impression of what travel was like for various categories of tourists in those days. This book is indispensable for all scholars of Anglo-Dutch relations in this period who are interested in learning about day to day experiences of Britons visiting Holland. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004246940 |
ISSN: | 0920-8607 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by C.D. van Strien. |