Kerkgewaden in de verdrukking: Paramenten in de Republiek als dragers van identiteit, 1580-1650 ; Liturgical vestments in repression: Paraments in the Dutch Republic as Bearers of Identity, 1580-1650

LITURGICAL VESTMENTS IN REPRESSION Paraments in the Dutch Republic as Bearers of Identity, 1580-1650 Liturgical vestments are the most striking and most valuable components of the material culture of the Catholic Church. The Reformation that was implemented in the Northern Netherlands around 1580 and the subsequent innovations prescribed by Rome had major consequences for these treasures. During this period, the Catholics in the Dutch Republic were driven to the margins of society. They were initially forced to congregate in private houses. It was not until the course of the seventeenth centur... Mehr ...