Title: Dynastic colonialism : gender, materiality and the early modern House of Orange-Nassau /
Authors: Broomhall, Susan; Van Gent, Jacqueline,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Orange-Nassau, House of.; Sex role Europe History; Material culture Europe History.; Power (Social sciences) Europe History.; Netherlands Colonies History.; Netherlands Territorial expansion History.; Netherlands History; Netherlands Relations Europe.; Europe Relations Europe.
Abstract: "Dynastic Colonialism analyses how women and men employed objects in particular places across the world during the early modern period in order to achieve the remarkable expansion of the House of Orange-Nassau. Susan Broomhall and Jacqueline Van Gent explore how the House emerged as a leading force during a period in which the Dutch accrued one of the greatest seaborne empires. Using the concept of dynastic colonialism, they explore strategic behaviours undertaken on behalf of the House of Orange-Nassau, through material culture in a variety of sites of interpretation from palaces and gardens to prints and teapots, in Europe and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Section 1. Claiming spaces -- Propagating the Orange : gender, material culture and the early modern trajectory of the House of Orange-Nassau -- Planting the Orange : the expansion of the House of Orange-Nassau across Europe -- Trading places : Orange-Nassau involvement in the Dutch colonial expansion -- Section 2. Materialising power -- Object Orange : material culture in the rise of the House of Orange-Nassau -- Collecting the world : Orange-Nassau global power on display in Europe.