In the decades between the end of the Habsburg-Burgundian Netherlands and the rise of the Dutch Golden Age, the Low Countries saw a generation of war, politics, and culture leave its mark. Here are some of those stories.
The history of Bibles and their translations throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is a reflection of two powerful dynamics: the tumult of the Protestant Reformation combined the the growing impulse to use – then document and standardize – local…
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Roemers, a unique form of glassware, gained popularity in the Netherlands and the Rhineland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The term “Roemer” is derived from the German word “Römer,” reflecting its inspiration from ancient Roman prototypes. Characterized by a…
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How I feel trying to get all my responsibilities at work wrapped up before the Christmas break. Anybody else on my wavelength? Wishing you a productive and sane back half of the work week! 😬 From Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s…
Off to a funeral today. Memento MoriRemember that you, too, will die. 🙏 Like and follow Rebels or Beggars on Instagram, Facebook, and online! ☙ facebook.com/rebelsorbeggars☙ instagram.com/rebelsorbeggars☙ rebelsorbeggars.com Born in 1576, Roelant Savery emerged as a prominent figure in the…
When it’s Saturday morning, you’re still groggy, and your coffee-loving girlfriend says she’s out of her caffeinated bean juice. 🙏 Like and follow Rebels or Beggars on Instagram, Facebook, and online! ☙ facebook.com/rebelsorbeggars☙ instagram.com/rebelsorbeggars☙ rebelsorbeggars.com This 1605 portrait depicts Georg…
In the decades before the Eighty Years War (or Tachtigjarige Oorlog) that severed the Low Countries into a republican Dutch north and a Habsburg royalist south, another war raged. One largely forgotten about. The Habsburg dynasty was ascending. Charles V…
In the early years of the sixteenth century, after a certain German monk famously nailed an academic debate to a cathedral door, the two early Protestant identities began forming – the eponymous Lutherans and the “Reformed” church in the mold…
Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611) was born the third son to an Antwerp merchant family with business ties to both Rome and Tunis in northern Africa. With his older brothers continuing the family business, young Bartholomeus made the most of his chances…
