The Republican Alternative the Netherlands and Switzerland Compared
The Republican Alternative The Netherlands and Switzerland compared Andre Holenstein,ThomasMaissen, Maarten Prak (eds) AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS Table ofcontents Acknowledgements 9 Introduction: The Dutch and Swiss Republics Compared 11 Andre Holenstein, Thomas Maissen, and Maarten Prak PART I REPUBLICAN STRUCTURES I 'The League of the Discordant Members' or How the Old Swiss Confederation Operated and How it Managed to Survive for so Long 29 Andreas Wurgler 2 Challenges for the Republic: Coordination and Loyalty in the Dutch Republic 5I Omslag: Geert de Koning, Ten Post Maarten Prak Lay-out: Adriaan de jonge, Amsterdam ISBN 9789089640055 PART 11 REPUBLICAN RELIGIONS NUR 685 3 Bridging the Gap: Confessionalisation in Switzerland 75 © Holenstein, Maissen, Prak / Amsterdam University Press, 2008 Francisca Loetz All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved 4 Was the Dutch Republic a Calvinist Community? The above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into State, the Confessions and Culture in the Early Modern a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, Netherlands 99 mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written Willem Frijhoff permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Every effort had been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted il lustrations reproduced in this book. Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. 5 Inventingthe Sovereign Republic: Imperial Structures, French Challenges, Dutch Models and the Early Modern Swiss Confederation Thomas Maissen Sallustius' 'concordia res paruae crescunt' inspired the device of the Dutch Republic, but the motto was also well-known in Early Mod ern Switzerland." Around 1500, it appeared on a fresco in Geneva's town hall, and Zwingli quoted the phrase in his first Zurich disputa tion) Concord was always a major concern for the Confederate can tons.
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