Reworking the Grand Narrative. A Review of Recent Books on the Dutch Revolt

This essay provides an overview of three recent works on the Dutch Revolt; Peter Arnade’s Beggars, Iconoclasts & Civic Patriots. The Political Culture of the Dutch Revolt (Ithaca, New York [etc.] 2008); S. Groenveld e.a.’s De Tachtigjarige Oorlog (Zutphen 2008); and Oscar Gelderblom’s The Political Economy of the Dutch Republic (Farnham 2009). The essay discusses their contributions to the evolving grand narrative of Dutch history in the world.