Patronage, Patrimonialism, and Governors’ Careers in the Dutch Chartered Companies, 1630–1681

Erik Odegard studied history at Leiden University and obtained his Ph.D. there. He has held positions at the Mauritshuis, the Dutch National Archives and the National Maritime Museum. He is currently works at the IISH in Amsterdam on an NWO-funded project on private investment in Dutch Brazil.

• General Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Agents of Empire and the Limits of Imperial Agency1The Chartered Companies2Family and Friends: Politics, Patrimonialism and Patronage2.1Institutions and Interest Aggregation2.2Factions, Families and Friendship2.3Patronage and Clientage3Governors and the Companies4Johan Maurits Van Nassau-Siegen and Rijckloff Volckertsz. Van Goens5Connecting Careers, Constructing Empire1 Companies, Councils, and Careers1Urban Politics: Parties, Factions, and Family Networks2The Provinces: Building Blocks of the Federal State3The Generality3.1The Stadholders4Security at Sea: Admiralties, Directorates and Corporations5Chartering the Companies6Organizing the Companies6.1Directors and Investors6.2Central Management: XVII and XIX7Conclusion2 Appointing a Stadholder for Brazil September 1634 – September 16361Company Government in Brazil, 1630–16362Johan Maurits Van Nassau-Siegen: A German Nobleman in the Dutch Army3Appointing Johan Maurits: The Dutch Side4Commanders, Directors, and Governors-General5Conclusion3 Becoming “The Brazilian:” Johan Maurits in Brazil, 1636–16401Establishing a Nobleman’s Court in the New World2Commanding the Army of Brazil2.1Operations: From Porto Calvo to Bahia, 1637–16382.2Force Size and Logistics3The Arciszewski Case3.1The Conflict in Brazil3.2The Aftermath of the Conflict in the Netherlands4Governance, Trade, Taxation and Religion5Conclusion4 Dismissing a Governor-General: Conflicts between the XIX and Johan Maurits, 1640–16441Company and State in the Netherlands: Between Business and Politics2Points of Contention2.1Claims of Corruption2.2Karel Tolner’s Mission3Angola and Chile: Increasing the Sway of the South Atlantic Empire3.1African Embassies3.2The Chile Expedition4Enough is Enough: Dismissal of Johan Maurits, and his Attempts to Stay, 1642–16444.1Petitions from Brazil5Setting SailInterlude: Imperial Transitions5 Rising through the Ranks, 1629–16551A Career in Fast-Forward2An Orphan in the Company’s Care, 1629–16333Coromandel and Batavia, Forging Crucial Links4The Importance of Marrying up: Marriage as a Career-Making Tool5The Old Boys’ Network: Sweers, Van Vliet, Coyett and Caron6Diplomatic Missions and Military Command: Career Selling Points?7Career Consolidation in the Republic6 Fighting for Ceylon1Persuading the Directors: Van Goens in the Republic, 1655–16562Undermining Van der Meijden3Administration, Policy, and Personnel3.1Fortifications, Diplomacy, Colonization and Trade3.2Private Communications and the Role of Ceylon as an Entrepot4Patron-in-chief: Van Goens’ Familial and Patronage Networks, 1662–16705Conclusion7 Conflict in the Council, 1670–16801Information Control and Company Policymaking2Fighting over Policy: Amsterdam, Batavia, Colombo2.1The Emperor Strikes Back – August 16703A Breakdown of Reciprocity: Van Goens, Van Reede and the Malabar Command4A Year of Disasters and beyond, 1672–16794.1Superintendency and Succession4.2Criticism from Ceylon5Batavia: Director-general and Governor-General, 1676–16815.1A Letter to Valckenier: Gossip from the Council6The Sins of the Father: The Sons of Van Goens in the VOCConclusion: Forging Careers, Sustaining or Subverting Empire?1Career Beginnings2Mid-Career: Tenure in Brazil and Ceylon2.1The Companies Compared3Career End and Recollection4Making a Career of Empire5Principals and AgentsManuscript SourcesSecondary Literature and Published SourcesIndex