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3. The “Dutch” Century
It was a political model
A radical attitude towards religion in the country
A certain level of religious toleration.
Stable, thriving economy.
“Golden Age” of artists and thinkers.
 Religion and everyday life were recurring themes
in their art.

5. Amsterdam, Rotterdam: granaries with
enough surplus for one year.
Generally higher salaries than in any other
parts of W. Europe.
 Even women had higher wages.
“Protestant work ethic.”
 Thrift and frugality.
Had the highest standard of living in
Europe!

6. View of Doerdrecht
Aelbert Cuyp, 1650s

7. OudeKerk [Old Church],Amsterdam
First built in
1300

8. InterioroftheOudeKerkin
Amsterdam -EmmanuelDe Witt

9. Catholic “Hidden” Church
in the Attic, Amsterdam, 1630s

10. InteriorofaPortugueseSynagoguein
Amsterdam – Emmanuel De Witte

11. The Dutch Economy
**Fishing was the cornerstone of the Dutch economy
Major industries included textiles, furniture, fine
woolen goods, sugar refining, tobacco cutting,
brewing, pottery, glass, printing, paper making,
weapons manufacturing and ship building
Not much inflation.
Offered far lower interest rates than English banks;
this was the major reason for its banking dominance
Masters of the “carrying trade” (lowest shipping
rates in Europe).
• Did not have government controls and monopolies
that interfered with free enterprise

12. Dutch East India Company
• Dutch East India Company and Dutch
West India Company organized as
cooperative ventures of private
enterprise and the state
• a. DEIC challenged the Portuguese in East
including South Africa, Sri Lanka, and
parts of Indonesia.
• b. DWIC traded extensively with Latin
American and Africa

13. 17c Dutch Global Commerce

14. Dutch East India Ship, mid-17c

15. AmsterdamStockMarket(Bourse)
Emmanuel DeWitte, 1653
Jewish refugees helped found it in 1602.

16. Dutch
Delftware
English Delftware

18. The Dutch Federation
REGENTS
- provincial level
- held virtually all the power
- strong advocates of local independence
STADHOLDER
- States General representative from each province
- responsible for defense and order
STATES GENERAL
- federal assembly
- foreign affairs (war)
- all issues had to be referred to the local Estates

19. Foreign policy
• 1. Dutch participation against the Hapsburgs in the
Thirty Years’ War led to its recognition as an
independent country, free from Spanish influence
• 2. War with England and France in the 1670s damaged
the United Provinces
• Dikes in Holland were opened in 1672 and much of
the region was flooded in order to prevent the French
army from taking Amsterdam.
• 3. By the end of the War of Spanish Succession in 1713,
the Dutch Republic saw a significant economic decline
• Britain and France were now the two dominant powers
in the Atlantic trade.

20. The Spanish Hapsburgs & Europe(1556)
Philip II consolidated Hapsburg lands
at the end of the 16c.

21. TheNightWatch– Rembrandt, 1642

22. Anglo-Dutch Wars
 First Anglo-Dutch War: 1660-1665
 Second Anglo-Dutch War: 1665-1667
 Third Anglo-Dutch War: 1674-1678
King William III Queen Mary II
ascend the throne of England in 1689 after the
Glorious Revolution.