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Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such key figures as Sir Constantjin Huygens, a Dutch polymath and diplomat, we begin to see the Anglo-Dutch cultural connections that formed during this period against the backdrop of unfolding political events in England. Temptation in the Archives paints a picture of a unique relationship between the Netherlands and England in the 17th century forged through a shared experience – and reveals the lessons we can learn from it today.
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Table of Contents
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Temptation in the Archives
- 1688 And All That: Some Curious Consequences of ‘Going Dutch’
- Never Trust a Pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
- The Reputation of Sir Constantijn Huygens: Networker or Virtuoso?
- ‘Dear Song’: Scholarly Whitewashing of the Correspondence between Constantijn Huygens and Dorothea Van Dorp
- The Afterlife of Homo Ludens: From Johan Huizinga to Natalie Zemon Davis and Beyond
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Appendix V
- Index
- Back cover
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