State Communication and Public Politics in the Dutch Golden Age - der Weduwen, Arthur (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of St Andrews)

Selling the Republican Ideal details for the first time the political communication practices of the national, regional, and municipal authorities in the Dutch Republic. It is a ground-breaking study of how the early modern state sought to inform its citizens, publicise its laws, and engage publicly in quarrels with its political opponents.