Being Nassau : Nassau family histories and Dutch national discourse from 1541 to 1616
(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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- Geevers, Liesbeth LU
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- 2011
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- Contribution to journal
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- Dutch Crossing
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- 35
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- 1
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- 4 - 19
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- scopus:82455223926
- DOI
- 10.1179/155909011X12930363744106
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- English
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