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oapen-20.500.12657-857592023-12-05T02:27:35Z The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution de Boer, David humanitarianism, religious persecution, Dutch Republic, religious violence, pamphlet, religious conflict, public sphere, refugee, compassion, Protestantism bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLH Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general::HRAX History of religion For victims of persecution, attracting international awareness of their plight is often a matter of life and death. This book uncovers how in seventeenth-century Europe, persecuted minorities first learned how to use the press as a weapon to combat religious persecution. To mobilize foreign audiences, they faced an acute dilemma: how to make people care about distant suffering? This study argues that by answering this question, they laid the foundations of a humanitarian culture in Europe. The book reveals how, as consuming news became an everyday practice for many Europeans, the Dutch Republic emerged as an international hub of printed protest against religious violence. It traces how a diverse group of people, including Waldensian refugees, Huguenot ministers, Savoyard officeholders, and many others, all sought access to the Dutch printing presses to raise transnational solidarity for their cause. By examining their publicity strategies, this study deepens our understanding of how people tried to confront the specter of religious violence that had haunted them for generations. 2023-12-04T08:55:56Z 2023-12-04T08:55:56Z 2023 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85759 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780198876809.pdf https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-early-modern-dutch-press-in-an-age-of-religious-persecution-9780198876809 Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780198876809.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780198876809.001.0001 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 a202f1a2-184b-42db-9f4a-b97154a79ee0 d94bb91a-b658-466f-b219-dc59e8220efa Dutch Research Council (NWO) 225 Oxford 016.Vici.185.020 Dutch Research Council (NWO) Universiteit van Amsterdam University of Amsterdam open access
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For victims of persecution, attracting international awareness of their plight is often a matter of life and death. This book uncovers how in seventeenth-century Europe, persecuted minorities first learned how to use the press as a weapon to combat religious persecution. To mobilize foreign audiences, they faced an acute dilemma: how to make people care about distant suffering? This study argues that by answering this question, they laid the foundations of a humanitarian culture in Europe. The book reveals how, as consuming news became an everyday practice for many Europeans, the Dutch Republic emerged as an international hub of printed protest against religious violence. It traces how a diverse group of people, including Waldensian refugees, Huguenot ministers, Savoyard officeholders, and many others, all sought access to the Dutch printing presses to raise transnational solidarity for their cause. By examining their publicity strategies, this study deepens our understanding of how people tried to confront the specter of religious violence that had haunted them for generations.
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