Memory Wars in the Low Countries, 1566-1700

Jasper van der Steen, Ph.D (Leiden, 2014) is a researcher and lecturer at Leiden University. He has published articles on Low Countries history and co-edited Memory before Modernity: Practices of Memory in Early Modern Europe (Brill, 2013).

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsList of FiguresList of MapsA Note on TerminologyIntroduction1. Memory in the making: The first decades2. Two historical canons3. Dynastic identity and the Revolt4. A contested past5. Stakeholders6. Memories after Westphalia7. Remediating the warConclusionBibliographyIndex

“Memory Wars in the Low Countries, 1566-1700 is a well-researched book with a convincing argument. Jasper van der Steen has done a fine job analyzing and interpreting how the Revolt in the Low Countries was remembered and used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His book is a welcome addition to all those interested in history, memory, religion, and the Low Countries more broadly”.Kyle J. Dieleman, The University of Iowa. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2016), pp. 1044-1045.“This book offers an intelligent comparative study of memory politics in the early modern Low Countries and shows how national feelings based on ideas of a communal past were distinctly present. It will interest a wide range of scholars, from historians to literary historians, engaged both in the early modern and the modern periods, and it contributes to the recent thrilling academic tradition that attempts to soften the dichotomy between the two.”Yolanda Rodríguez Pérez, Universiteit van Amsterdam. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 747-748.“Shedding important new light on the afterlife of the Dutch Revolt and advancing our understanding of the formation of public cultures of memory, Jasper van der Steen’s book is an excellent first monograph.”Alexandra Walsham, University of Cambridge. In: Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Vol. 129, No. 4 (2016), pp. 658-659.“Memory Wars is an attractive, well-written book with many appealing examples. Additionally, the illustrations are an asset and well-embedded in the text. […] This work represents a major advance for memory studies and political-cultural history – and cannot be overlooked when studying the identity-formation of the Low Countries.”Annemieke Romein, Erasmus University Rotterdam. In: BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, Vol. 132 (2017), review 17.