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Revisiting the Golden Age and Its Heroes a Historical Comparative Revisiting the Golden Age and its heroes A historical comparative research into the changes in the public representation of the Dutch Golden Age and its heroes: Michiel de Ruyter and Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Utrecht University Master History of Politics and Society Master Thesis3 Merel Rademakers Student number: 5563089 Supervisor: Christian Wicke Word count: 13.714 June 22, 2020 Abstract In recent years the public representation of the Dutch Golden Age has been under revision. The current debate about the legacy and celebration of the Golden Age arises from a growing desire for an inclusive history of the Netherlands. The increasing resistance to the glorification of the Golden Age and its heroes has led to a revised public representation of this period. This thesis answers the question how the public representation of the Golden Age, and specifically its heroes, have changed over time. The goal of this research is to further explore the relations of shared memory and Dutch nationalism in connection to the Golden Age, with the focus on the changes in the heroic status of two Golden Age heroes. By combining theories of nationalism, shared memory and post-colonialism as well as the use of methods in conceptual history and comparative history, three main conclusions were drawn: (1) The Golden Age term was used more often between 1945 and 1995, and almost always expressed a positive or glorifying sentiment. (2) The comparison shows that Michiel de Ruyter’s (1607-1676) heroic status increased with the influence of post-colonialism for his position on multiculturalism and anti-slavery. However, Jan Pieterszoon Coen’s (1587-1629) heroic status has been partly tarnished because he was framed as a symbol of colonialism and mass murder. (3) The decreasing heroic status of Coen did not seem to affect the public representation of the Golden Age as an entity. Partially because his violent actions were seen as extraordinary and were exclusively ascribed to him and not to the zeitgeist of the Golden Age. Many thus dissociated themselves from Coen’s unnecessary violence but honoured the memory of the Golden Age. Keywords: Golden Age – Nationalism – Heroification – Shared memory – Michiel de Ruyter – JP Coen. 2 Table of content Revisiting the Golden Age and its heroes ........................................................................................ 1 Abstract .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Methods .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Thesis structure .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Chapter 1 Theories, Concepts and Historiography ...................................................................... 10 1.1 Nationalism and memory ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 Nationalism, heroification and Golden Ages ......................................................................................... 12 1.3 Post-Colonialism and the Dutch Golden Age ........................................................................................ 13 Chapter 2 The Development of the concept ‘Golden Age’ in Dutch context ............................. 16 2.1 The popularisation of the Golden Age ................................................................................................... 16 2.2 Pillarization and the Golden Age term .................................................................................................. 18 2.3 The way the Golden Age has been used in newspapers ......................................................................... 21 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 3 The heroic status of Michiel de Ruyter ....................................................................... 26 3.1 The life of Michiel de Ruyter .................................................................................................................. 27 3.2 Michiel de Ruyter and Dutch Politics .................................................................................................... 29 3.3 Michiel de Ruyter and memory activism ................................................................................................ 30 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 4 Jan Pieterszoon Coen – the fine line between the hero and the culprit .................... 34 4.1 The life of Jan Pieterszoon Coen ........................................................................................................... 34 4.2 Coen and the case of Sarah Specx ......................................................................................................... 36 4.3 The depopulation of the Banda Islands ................................................................................................. 38 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 40 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Secondary literature .................................................................................................................................... 44 Digital archives ............................................................................................................................................ 47 3 Primary sources ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Appendix A Case selection .............................................................................................................. 51 Appendix B Selection newspaper articles ...................................................................................... 53 Appendix C Video analysis of the Public representation of De Ruyter and Coen .................... 56 4 Introduction In contemporary Dutch society there is an on-going debate about the legacy of the Golden Age (1587- 1713). This discussion became heated on 12 September 2019, when the Amsterdam Museum announced that they replaced the term ‘Golden Age’ with seventeenth century.1 The curator of this museum, Tom van der Molen, provides substantiation for the replacement in his publication; Whose Golden Age?2 In this essay he expressed his concerns about the Golden Age terminology, which according to him, provides a one-sided perspective on this period - a narrative of glory, artistic and literary progress, wealth and economic improvement.3 He argued that alongside the societal progress, the majority of the population experienced poverty, and perhaps more significant, in the name of this societal progress many Dutchmen were involved in dehumanizing actions, such as slavery and murder.4 Van der Molen argues that a name change provides more room for a holistic and inclusive framing of this period. There is, however, also critique on the suggestion for name change. For instance, according to historian Maarten Prak, the term Golden Age reaches a wide audience: “You can then use the term to also address the dark side, the other story. Precisely through the emergence and use of the term Golden Age, facets such as slavery have been addressed.”5 Politicians have also responded with astonishments to the name change. The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, for example, expressed his disbelief: “bullocks, I get so tired of these sorts of things. Holland was in the Golden Age as powerful as the United States now. We can be extremely proud of that.”6 This public debate about the Golden Age reflects a larger debate about the way the history is projected and often used for the promotion of Dutch nationalism.7 Military historian Christ Klep stated that already in the early nineteenth century the creation of myths around the glorious Golden Age were a significant part of the development of Dutch nationalism.8 Referring to Ernest Renan’s 1 Tom van der Molen, “Whose golden Age On A Term That's Not Fit For Purpose”, Amsterdams Museum : 2019 9 pages [online source] consulted December 12, 2019 https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/amsterdam-museum-stop- using-term-%E2%80%98golden-age%E2%80%99 2 Ibid. 3 Maarten Prak, Gouden Eeuw, Het raadsel van de Republiek, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,2005), 11. 4 Van der Molen, “Whose Golden Age?” 5 “Nooit meer Gouden Eeuw, interview with Maarten Prak & Suze Zijlstra” RadioNPO1, presentator Laura Stek, interview with Maarten Prak. September 15, 2019. https://www.nporadio1.nl/ovt/onderwerpen/43754-2019-09-15- nooit-meer-gouden-eeuw 6 Mark Rutte, “Rutte over het weghalen Gouden Eeuw wat een onzin.” Telegraaf, September
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