The early modern Dutch press in an age of religious persecution : : the making of humanitarianism / / David de Boer.

• Superior document: Oxford scholarship online
• VerfasserIn: Boer, David de, 1990-
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Oxford scholarship online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Notes: Also issued in print: 2023.

This text traces the emergence of European humanitarian culture through the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries. Drawing on an exceptionally rich body of pamphlets, periodicals, and newspapers, it uncovers how victims of persecution first learned how to employ the printing presses in the Dutch Republic to raise transnational solidarity.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- The Rise of Print as a Humanitarian Tool -- The Terms of Debate -- A Center of Appeal -- 1. The Paradox of Intervention -- The Poor of Lyon -- Petitioning and Treason -- Public Diplomacy -- International Accountability -- Law -- Religious Persecution -- Inhumanity -- Confessional Animosity -- The Limits of Humanitarian Engagement -- Conclusion -- 2. A Silent Persecution -- Unconditional Loyalty -- The Divided Provinces -- (In)convenient News -- The Voice of the Persecuted -- The Psychology of Persecution -- Conclusion -- 3. Covering a Refugee Crisis -- A Worried Ambassador -- Victims -- Anonymity -- Perpetrators -- Hosts -- Conclusion -- 4. Selling the Last War of Religion -- The Anticipation of Fake News -- Assuming the Voice of the Camisards -- Selling Intervention -- To Hearten and Inspire -- Conclusion -- 5. Between Eschatology and Enlightenment -- The Tumult -- Royal Public Diplomacy -- A Cause Célèbre -- Visions of Religious War -- Irenicism -- Foreign Narratives -- The Last Expulsion -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Beyond the Confessional Divide -- Solidarity Before Modernity -- Between Word and Deed -- Bibliography -- Index.