Republicans : : essays on eighteenth-century Dutch political thought / / by Wyger R.E. Velema.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 155
• Author: Velema, Wyger.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 155.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The notion of being freeborn republicans bound the eighteenth-century Dutch together and constituted a significant part of their sense of national identity. Yet beneath this general label, many fundamental differences existed. Republicanism could stand for anti-monarchism, but it could also be a mor...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Materials / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter One. Introduction: \'The First Republic Of Europe\' / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Two. Anti-Monarchism In Early Modern Dutch Political Thought / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Three. Early Eighteenth-Century Political Languages / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Four. Polite Republicanism And The Problem Of Decline / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Five. Republican Readings Of Montesquieu: The Esprit Des Lois In The Dutch Republic / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Six. Revolution, Counterrevolution And The Stadholderate, 1780–1795 / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Seven. The Concept Of Liberty In The Dutch Republic, 1780–1787 / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Eight. Contemporary Reactions To Patriot Political Discourse / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Nine. Dutch Constitutionalism At The End Of The Eighteenth Century / W.R.E. Velema
• Chapter Ten. The End Of Republican Politics / W.R.E. Velema
• Bibliography / W.R.E. Velema
• Index / W.R.E. Velema.