History
Silver and the Dutch Revolt: The Obsession with Spanish Silver in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Atlantic
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The birth of the Dutch Republic had a few remarkable features Not only did the seven united provinces in the northwest of the European mainland defeat the powerful army of Habsburg Spain, but it was one of the rare cases in history when a new country manifested itself immediately as an economic and political powerhouse Perhaps the Dutch case was even unique One of the factors that enabled this rapid rise was silver It is my goal in this paper to show how economic need and patriotic zeal combined to produce an obsession with “Spanish” silver in the first half of the seventeenth century
Publication Title
Sixteenth Century Journal
Publication Date
6-2020
Volume
51
Issue
2
First Page
503
Last Page
511
ISSN
0361-0160
DOI
10.1086/SCJ5102105
Keywords
Dutch Republic, silver, Dutch East India Company, Spain, 17th century
Repository Citation
Klooster, Wim, "Silver and the Dutch Revolt: The Obsession with Spanish Silver in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Atlantic" (2020). History. 34.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/34
