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Pamphlets and the Culture of Opposition

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Pamphlets, Printing, and Political Culture in the Early Dutch Republic

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Domestic criticism of governmental policies and personalities became an increasingly common element of Dutch pamphlet literature after about 1606, and contributed significantly to the broadening of political discussion in the Republic. Table 17 showed a jump both in the volume of criticism leveled against the three major political institutions and in the number of meddlesome “neutral” pamphlets, which urged the regents to follow a particular course without specifically reproving them. Unauthorized pamphlets posed serious problems for the regents and were not taken lightly, as we have seen. Yet despite the stigmas and risks associated with pamphleteering, many individuals believed it well worth their while to take advantage of the relatively free Dutch press and make public criticisms and suggestions. Their resolve in publishing pamphlets not only provides further evidence of the perceived interest in them, but especially illustrates the indirect though important role of the public in Dutch politics.

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Harline, C.E. (1987). Pamphlets and the Culture of Opposition. In: Pamphlets, Printing, and Political Culture in the Early Dutch Republic. International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 116. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3601-0_7

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