Met grootvaders bloed bezegeld. Over religie en herinneringscultuur in de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlanden

Abstract

Memories of events in the recent past played an important role in the way in which seventeenth-century inhabitants of the Low Countries experienced their faith. In the Dutch Republic, all denominations framed their identity around tales of past suffering. Yet whereas in Catholic representations of the past in the Habsburg Netherlands the victory over heresy took center stage, religious pluralism in the Republic prevented the emergence of a collective religious memory culture. Instead, a secular memory culture developed, which did not focus on the struggle for true faith, but on seemingly much more modern concepts like patria, patriotism and liberty.