Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland
by Paul Zumthor
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Rembrandt's life coincided with what the Dutch refer to as their "golden age." This engagingly written study presents a rich picture of a dynamic society that had torn itself away from the mediocrity of its past - a stagnant nation of peasants and fishermen - to pursue an overseas empire that led to great financial wealth and a highly sophisticated cultivation of the arts. This classic work first appeared in English translation in 1963. Among the myriad topics covered are homes, gardens, show more clothing, food, religion, childrearing, education, medicine, sports and games, holidays and celebrations, painters, musicians, writers, the theater, publishing, aristocrats, workers, peasants, the merchant fleet, the armed forces, trading and colonizing companies, fisheries, and the famous Holland dikes. show lessTags
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Paul Zumthor taught at the University of Montreal from 1972 until his retirement in 1980. He is the author of many books of literary criticism and history
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- Canonical title
- Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland
- Original title
- La vie quotidienne en Hollande au temps de Rembrandt
- Original publication date
- 1960 (1e édition originale française ∙ La vie quotidienne ∙ Hachette) (1e édition originale française ∙ La vie quotidienne ∙ Hachette)
- Important places*
- Pays-Bas
- Original language*
- Français
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- Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 949.2 — History & geography History of Europe Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria Netherlands
- LCC
- DJ172 .Z8613 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Netherlands (Holland) History of Netherlands (Holland) History By period 1555-1795. United provinces
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- 5 — English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese
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- Paper, Ebook
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