Vroegmoderne kranten en regionaal besef in het noorden van de Republiek, circa 1740-1800 ; Early modern newspapers and regional identity in the North of the Dutch Republic, circa 1740-1800

From the second half of the eighteenth century onwards, the inhabitants of the northern provinces of the Dutch Republic had their own newspapers at their disposal. The province of Stad en Lande (Groningen) boasted the (Opregte) Groninger Courant (from 1743 onwards) and the Ommelander Courant (1787); in Frisia the Leeuwarder Courant (1752) and Friesche Courant (1795) were published. This article deals with the question to what extent these newspapers might have stimulated feelings of being connected with the own region among their regional audiences. It will be argued that initially the news co... Mehr ...