The Political Culture of The Revolt of the Netherlands, 1566-1648

A conference at the Clark Library, October 7-8 , 2005
Arranged by
Peter Arnade, California State University, San Marcos
Margaret C. Jacob, UCLA
Henk van Nierop, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Conference papers will be accessible from this page as they are received, and will remain on line for two weeks after the conference. They will be mailed to registrants by request.

Friday, October 7
9:30 A.M.	Morning Coffee
10:00 A.M.	Session One - The Dutch Revolt: Contexts and Comparisons Margaret C. Jacob - Moderator Marc Boone, Universiteit Gent The Dutch Revolt and the Mediaeval Tradition of Urban Dissent Wayne te Brake, Purchase College, State University of New York The Revolt of the Netherlands in Comparative Perspective Henk van Nierop, Universiteit van Amsterdam Rumor in the Revolt
12:30 P.M.	Lunch
2:00 P.M.	Session Two - Political Thought and Civic Rights Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Moderator Guido Marnef, Universiteit Antwerpen Loyal Opposition and the Celebration of Privileges in Sixteenth-Century Brabant Catherine Secretan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Saint-Etienne "Considering the circumstances..." (Ph. de Marnix): the political Thought of Revolt between Theory and Practice. James D. Tracy, University of Minnesota Tyranny, Turbae, and Auctoritas: Justus Lipsius as a Commentator on the Events of the Dutch Revolt
4:30 P.M.	Reception

Saturday, October 8
9:30 A.M	Morning Coffee
10:00 A.M.	Session Three - Political Ritual and Public Representation Peter Arnade - Moderator Mark A. Meadow, University of California, Santa Barbara Philip II's 1549 Joyous Entry and the Failure of Ritual Anne-Laure Van Bruaene, Universiteit Gent Spectacle and Spin for a Spurned Prince. Civic Strategies in the Entries of the Duke of Anjou in Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent (1582) Alastair Duke, University of Southampton From Beggars to Patriots: The Construction of Rebel Identities in the Dutch Revolt, c. 1566-1579
12:30 P.M.	Lunch
2:00 P.M.	Session Four - Conflicted Identities Christine Sellin - Moderator René van Stipriaan, Independent Scholar/Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren Words at War: The Early Years of William of Orange’s Propaganda Judith Pollmann, Universiteit Leiden Forging the Catholic Cause in the Dutch Revolt Yolanda Rodríguez Pérez, Universiteit Utrecht The Pelican and His Ungrateful Children. The Construction and Evolution of the Image of Dutch Rebelliousness in Golden Age Spain

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