Emden and the Dutch Revolt
Andrew Pettegree
Abstract
The German town of Emden was, in the 16th century, the most important haven for exiled Dutch Protestants. Drawing on knowledge of the contemporary archives, this book explores the role of Emden as a refuge, a training centre and, above all, as the major source of Dutch Protestant propaganda. The book provides a unique and invaluable reconstruction of the output of Emden's famous printing presses. The emergence of an independent state in the Netherlands was accompanied by a transformation in the status of Protestantism from a persecuted sect to the dominant religious force in the new Dutch repu ... More
Keywords: Emden, Dutch Protestants, exile, refuge, training centre, propaganda, printing presses, independent state, Netherlands, Protestantism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1992 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198227397 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198227397.001.0001 |
