The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism: The Global Reach of the Dutch Arms Trade, Warfare and Mercenaries in the Seventeenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781032087030 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 262 str.

Kees Boterbloem

Opis

This study investigates a less-than-wholesome chapter in capitalism's early manifestation in the Dutch Republic and its seventeenth-century global economic entanglements in the arms trade and mercenary warfare, showing how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare at home and far abroad.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. War in the Low Countries, 1566-1713: Beginnings, Victories, Glory  2. The Early Modern Dutch and War, Part 1: Economy, Society and Culture  3. The Early Modern Dutch and War, Part 2: Morale  4. Sailors, Soldiers and Arms Abroad, Part 1: Empire  5. Sailors, Soldiers and Arms Abroad, Part 2: Beyond Europe  6. Dutch Activity in Scandinavia  7. Dutch Activity in Russia, Part 1: Trade and Technology  8. Dutch Activity in Russia, Part 2: Merchants and Mercenaries  Conclusion 

O autorze

Kees Boterbloem is full professor in the Department of History at the University of South Florida in Tampa.