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Being Nassau : Nassau family histories and Dutch national discourse from 1541 to 1616

Geevers, Liesbeth LU (2011) In Dutch Crossing 35(1). p.4-19
Abstract
William I of Nassau, Prince of Orange, and his sons Maurice and Frederick Henry were seen in their own time as the protectors of the new Dutch nation. As such, they play a significant role in the formation of a Dutch national identity. This essay addresses the question in what measure this sentiment was returned: did the Nassaus feel Dutch? An analysis of dynastic arguments used in the Apology (1581) will be compared with two genealogies dated 1541 and 1616 respectively, to show that a Dutch framing of the Nassau dynasty occurred only in the Apology, while the other texts present the dynasty mainly as a German family, owing its good fortune to the German emperors.
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10.1179/155909011X12930363744106
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  abstract     = {{William I of Nassau, Prince of Orange, and his sons Maurice and Frederick Henry were seen in their own time as the protectors of the new Dutch nation. As such, they play a significant role in the formation of a Dutch national identity. This essay addresses the question in what measure this sentiment was returned: did the Nassaus feel Dutch? An analysis of dynastic arguments used in the Apology (1581) will be compared with two genealogies dated 1541 and 1616 respectively, to show that a Dutch framing of the Nassau dynasty occurred only in the Apology, while the other texts present the dynasty mainly as a German family, owing its good fortune to the German emperors.}},
  author       = {{Geevers, Liesbeth}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{4--19}},
  series       = {{Dutch Crossing}},
  title        = {{Being Nassau : Nassau family histories and Dutch national discourse from 1541 to 1616}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/155909011X12930363744106}},
  doi          = {{10.1179/155909011X12930363744106}},
  volume       = {{35}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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