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[caption id="attachment_7791" align="aligncenter" width="350"] VAN NIEROP Henk, The Life of Romeyn de Hooghe, 1645–1708 : Prints, Pamphlets, and Politics in the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2018, 452 p.[/caption]Présentation de l'éditeur :Romeyn de Hooghe was the most inventive and prolific etcher of the later Dutch Golden Age. The producer of wide-ranging book illustrations, newsprints, allegories, and satire, he is best known as the chief propaganda artist working for stadtholder and king William III. This study, the first book-length biography of de Hooghe, narrates how his reputation became badly tarnished when he was accused of pornography, fraud, larceny, and atheism. Traditionally regarded as a godless rogue, and more recently as an exponent of the Radical Enlightenment, de Hooghe emerges in this study as a successful entrepreneur, a social climber, and an Orangist spin doctor. A study in seventeenth-century political culture and patronage, focusing on spin and slander, this book explores how artists, politicians, and hacks employed literature and the visual arts in political discourse, and tried to capture their readership with satire, mockery, fun, and laughter.Henk van Nierop is Professor Emeritus of Early Modern History at the University of Amsterdam. He has widely published on the Dutch Revolt and the Dutch Golden Age. He is the author of The Nobility of Holland: From Knights to Regents, 1500–1650 (1993) and Treason in the Northern Quarter: War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt (2009).Table des matièresList of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Usage Genealogical Tables AbbreviationsIntroduction1  Under the Spire of the ZuiderkerkThe ZuiderkerkThe Gift of GodAncestorsThe Learned Son2  Ingenious Inventions and Rich DesignsSetting UpNews printsParis and BeyondBook IllustrationsCritical AppreciationThe Art of EtchingInventions and DesignsWrestlers and JewsCommercial SuccessMarriageHousesClaims to Gentility3  Patriotic PrintsThe Year of DisasterOrangists and RepublicansThe Elevation of the Prince of OrangeThe de Witt Brothers SlainFrench TyrannyIllustrating the WarThe Gelderland AffairSatirePublishing his Own WorkDedicationsThe Wheel of FortuneCompetitors4  A Wandering Whore and a Talking DogThe Wandering WhoreThe Talking DogThe Forged Chinese PicturesThe Nicked Timepiece and the Lace JabotThe (Not So) Secret Life of Maria LansmanHonour and ShameThe Anatomist and the AbbéNovels and Drollery5  A Fresh StartRomeyn Evicted?Uncle Pieter’s TestamentMotives for MovingBefore the ConsistorySettling DownMoving UpA Drawing Academy and a Stately MansionA Prestigious MapClient of the StadtholderA Blueberry Diploma6  The Prince Abandoned and RegainedThe Great Turkish WarThe Luxembourg AffairThe Revocation of the Edict of NantesThe Glorious RevolutionGlorifying the Revolution7  The Harlequin PrintsLampooning the Sun KingArlequin DéodatThe Son of a MillerRiding the HippogryphFrogs and ToadsHypochondriacsRoyal InfidelityThree KingsA Royal EnemaRoyal CuckoldsDriving Home the Message8  Lampooning the RegentsThe Cows, the Herdsman, and the WolfThe Affair of the MagistratesA New Tune: Toads and Barrel-RidersThe French Calendar: The Cock and the DonkeyBigwig and the Privilege-SeekerA Stagecoach ChatThe French Blue ShinThe Cricket that Spoils the Harvest9  The Pamphlet WarA Triplet of RoguesThe Quack: Govert BidlooThe Hack: Ericus WaltenThe Orangist Triumvirate at WorkArch-Cuckold de HoogheVilifying RomeynScaling Mount ParnassusArch-Cuckold Shareholder10  The Memorandum of RightsLegal ActionWitnessesRomeyn InterrogatedBlasphemyA False LibelEmbarrassing Letters11  Honour DefendedThe Chief Sheriff FooledMore PamphletsBribery ExposedMalice and the Spirit of QuarrellingRomeyn Spins a ConspiracyWalten SacrificedTying Up Loose Ends12  Serving the StadtholderThe Desolate End of Ericus WaltenRunning a Spy NetworkFather and DaughterVassal of Kennemerland13  Composing most PompouslyIntendant of the King’s BuildingsDirector of the Lingen QuarriesDirector of the Triumphal ArchesTampering with the BooksOil PaintingsGlasses, Cups, and MedalsThe World’s First Satirical PeriodicalSelf-Portraits14  Final YearsA Masterless ManA Man of LettersAn Invisible ChurchDeath and LegacyPlus d’informations sur le site de l’éditeur.