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This article proposes an innovative approach to early modern representative institutions, from the later fifteenth century to the early eighteenth. It argues that only a transnational, interdisciplinary, and comparative study of such bodies can reveal their shared culture and prominence in contemporary political discourse, public memory, and cultural production. Central to this new approach is the concept of ‘parliamentary culture’, which sees ...

This review essay first discusses the current conceptualisations of the (two) ‘Netherlands’, contrasting them in a second paragraph with the emergence of separate Dutch and Belgian national narratives on early modern religion. A third paragraph shows how most of the classic readings of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation have been deconstructed through a continuous comparison of ‘North’ and ‘South’ since the 1960s. A fourth and last section ...

This review essay first discusses the current conceptualisations of the (two) ‘Netherlands’, contrasting them in a second paragraph with the emergence of separate Dutch and Belgian national narratives on early modern religion. A third paragraph shows how most of the classic readings of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation have been deconstructed through a continuous comparison of ‘North’ and ‘South’ since the 1960s. A fourth and last section ...

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Early modern Europe was marked by fundamental changes in its intellectual landscape. In the field of historiography, this led to the development of a new antiquarian current in historiography which marked a fundamental shift in the view on historical writings. While traditionally historiography had been considered a literary genre, the new scholars approached it as a ‘scientific’ ...

At least officially, the Chinese government showed little to no interest in the Asia-Pacific region. We also know very little about Chinese state interference except for attempts to fight against piracy in the Southeast Asian waters. This article will consequently address and survey a neglected aspect of China’s maritime history, namely China’s (indirect) relationship with the Viceroyalty of Peru, its capital Lima (= Ciudad de los Reyes), and ...