| Uniform title | Egmont da capo. English |
| Portion of title |
Study of the figure of Egmont, the Dutch Revolt and its influence in Europe |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 266
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| Contents |
Prolegomena -- Preliminary remarks on the source corpus -- Biographical information on the eyewitnesses and authors -- The various layers of the early Egmont reception -- The atavistic layer -- The particularistic layer -- The theocratic redemptive-historical layer -- The religious-confessional layer -- The person-centered layer -- Intermezzo: the sacred layer -- Continuation of the person-centered layer -- The anti-Spanish layer -- The anti-Spanish layer in the early foreign Egmont reception -- Concluding remarks: on dealing with the quirks of history. |
| Abstract |
"In Mytho-poetics at Work Rengenier Rittersma offers an account of the posthumous fame of the Count of Egmont (1522-1568), whose public decapitation triggered the Dutch revolt. Drawing from numerous European sources - pamphlets, chronicles, and literature - this monograph tries to unravel why and how the alleged freedom fighter became an icon in European thought. It demonstrates that Egmont unfurled an evocative power over several centuries and cultural regions, as his name could be deliberately instrumentalized by different groups of people in order to corroborate their own confessional and political programs. In addition, this book offers the very first systematic study of the phenomenon of mytho-genesis and provides a conceptual model that can be applied to analogous historical myths."--Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017045666 |
| ISBN | 9789004270831 (hardback : alk. paper) |
