Going Dutch

Description:

In this book, Lisa Jardine assembles new research in political and social history, together with the histories of art, music, gardening and science, to show how Dutch tolerance, resourcefulness and commercial acumen had effectively conquered Britain long before William of Orange and his English wife arrived to rule in London. This is the remarkable story of the relationship between two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the modern age. Jardine demonstrates how individuals such as Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton and successive generations of the remarkable Huygens family, usually represented as isolated geniuses working in the enclosed environment of the country of their birth, in fact developed their ideas within a context of easy Anglo-Dutch relations that laid the vital groundwork for the European Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution.--From publisher description.

subjects: Civilization,  Foreign relations,  Social life and customs,  Dutch influences,  Buitenlandse betrekkingen,  Culturele betrekkingen,  History,  Politics and government,  Great britain, intellectual life,  Great britain, civilization,  Netherlands, foreign relations,  Great britain, foreign economic relations,  Netherlands, history,  Great britain, foreign relations, netherlands,  Great britain, social life and customs,  Relations,  Dutch Art,  Art thefts,  Great britain, foreign relations,  Intellectual life,  Foreign economic relations,  International economic relations,  Diplomatic relations,  Great Britain Civilization Dutch influences,  Netherlands Intellectual life 17th century,  Great Britain Foreign economic relations Netherlands,  Netherlands Foreign economic relations Great Britain,  Great britain, history, 1689-1714

Places: Great Britain,  Netherlands,  Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland,  Nederland

Times: 17th century,  William and Mary, 1689-1702