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The Eighty Years War
From Revolt to Regular War, 1568-1648
2019 || Hardcover || Olaf van Nimwegen e.a. || Leiden University Press
The Eighty Years War explores the military puzzle of the Dutch Republic. When a revolt broke out in the Low Countries against the rule of the King of Spain, no one could foresee that it would ultimately lead to the partition of the provinces.
Only the northern provinces succeeded in holding their own militarily. They formed an independent republic that was increasingly able to withstand the might of Spain. How did they do it? To answer that question this study examines the operations of the in...
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My Mother's Mother's Mother
South African Women's Writing from 17th Century Dutch to Contemporary Afrikaans
2019 || Hardcover || Pieta van Beek e.a. || Leiden University Press
For the first time more than seventy South African women’s voices, from 1652 until today, are collected and published in one volume. Initially we hear their voices in Dutch, then in different varieties of Afrikaans, bearing witness to the fascinating development of a new language. We share the joys and sorrows of these women; their entertaining, sometimes gruesome stories.
The printing press arrived late at the Cape, and when it finally did, it took another century before the first publica...
