Weststeijn, Arthur <br/><br/>
Commercial Republicanism in the Dutch Golden Age : The Political Thought of Johan & Pieter de la Court 

 - Leiden - Boston  Brill  2012 
 - 1 electronic resource (xiv, 416 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The Dutch seventeenth century, a ‘Golden Age’ ridden by intense ideological conflict, pioneered global trade, participatory politics and religious toleration. Its history is epitomized by the life and works of the brothers Johan (1622-1660) and Pieter de la Court (1618-1685), two successful textile entrepreneurs and radical republican theorists during the apex of Dutch primacy in world trade. This book explores the many facets of the brothers’ political thought, focusing on their ground-breaking argument that commerce forms the mainstay of republican politics. With a contextual analysis that highlights the interaction between thinking and acting, between intellectual and cultural history, the book reveals the international significance of this commercial republicanism and it proposes a novel, rhetorical approach to seventeenth-century Dutch political culture. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>OAPEN_402003 9789004221406 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.26530/OAPEN_402003  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>European history<br/>History of science
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>citizenship free speech political economy republicanism dutch golden age toleration free trade commerce rhetoric citizenship free speech political economy republicanism dutch golden age toleration free trade commerce rhetoric Leiden Pieter de la Court Thomas Hobbes