A struggle for survival : the continuity of catholic religious literature in Holland : the example of Delft (1450-1650) ; Walka o przetrwanie: zjawisko ciągłości katolickiej literatury religijnej w Holandii na przykładzie Delft (1450-1650)

Over a period of two hundred years, between c. 1450 and c. 1650, the Catholic religious literature of Delft in the Netherlands underwent consecutive stages of growth, crisis and (to a certain extent) rebirth. All this occurred in the face of relentless social, political and cultural change, and amidst alternating periods of stability and turmoil. Yet despite a number of setbacks, Delft's Catholic religious literature displayed a surprising continuity, not only surviving, but even attaining a small 'Golden Age' of its own in the first decades of the 17th century. This study documents that 'stru... Mehr ...