David de Boer is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen. He is the author of The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution: The Making of Humanitarianism (2023). He is co-editor of Rebellion and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (2023) and Revolts and Political Violence in Early Modern Imagery (2021).Geert H. Janssen is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of The Dutch Revolt and Catholic Exile in Reformation Europe (2014) and Princely Power in the Dutch Republic: Patronage and William Frederick of Nassau (1613-64) (2008). He also co-edited The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age (2018) and The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation (2013).

• List of ContributorsIntroduction: Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe David de Boer and Geert H. Janssen 1Part I Refugees and Belonging1 Arguing about Refugeedom: Religious Mobility in Jacobean London and Counter-Reformation Rome, Diego Pirillo (University of California - Berkeley, USA)2 Transnational Refugee Networks and the Politics of the early Dutch Republic, 1568–1590, Jesse Spohnholz (Washington State University, USA)3 Inventing Irish Identity in Exile, Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin (University College Dublin, Ireland)4 The Refugee Discourse of the Moriscos: Petitioning and Diplomacy after the Expulsion Decree of 1609, Gerard Wiegers (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)5 Outsiders Within: Internally Displaced Persons in Sweden, 1700–1721, Sari Nauman (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Part II Humanitarianism6 Refugees, Poor Relief and the Birth of Philanthropy in Protestant Europe, Alexander Schunka (Free University Berlin, Germany)7 In face of Xenophobia: Polish-Lithuanian Jewish Refugees and their Survival Strategies in the 1650s, Adam Teller (Brown University, USA)8 The Newspapers of Holland make a Great Noise: Newspapers and Humanitarian Culture in Britain and Europe, 1715–1745, Catherine Arnold (University of Memphis, USA)Part III Migration Management and Imperialism9 Plague, War and the Politics of Refuge in Early Modern Prussia, Kat Hill (Birkbeck University of London, UK)10 Engineering the Refuge: Switzerland, England and the Huguenots, 1685–1700, Owen Stanwood (Boston College, USA)11 Exile between Revolution and Counter-revolution, c. 1800, Jan C. Jansen (Tübingen University, Germany)Afterword: Refugee Politics in Longue-Durée Perspectives, Fabian Klose (University of Cologne, Germany)BibliographyIndex

This book provides a fantastic overview of the history of different refugee groups in the early modern period. The authors shed light on numerous aspects of the topic which have been long-overlooked and demonstrate the impact that refugees made on the political, religious, and social history of the early modern world,

David de Boer is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen. He is the author of The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution: The Making of Humanitarianism (2023). He is co-editor of Rebellion and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (2023) and Revolts and Political Violence in Early Modern Imagery (2021).Geert H. Janssen is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of The Dutch Revolt and Catholic Exile in Reformation Europe (2014) and Princely Power in the Dutch Republic: Patronage and William Frederick of Nassau (1613-64) (2008). He also co-edited The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age (2018) and The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation (2013).

• List of ContributorsIntroduction: Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe David de Boer and Geert H. Janssen 1Part I Refugees and Belonging1 Arguing about Refugeedom: Religious Mobility in Jacobean London and Counter-Reformation Rome, Diego Pirillo (University of California - Berkeley, USA)2 Transnational Refugee Networks and the Politics of the early Dutch Republic, 1568–1590, Jesse Spohnholz (Washington State University, USA)3 Inventing Irish Identity in Exile, Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin (University College Dublin, Ireland)4 The Refugee Discourse of the Moriscos: Petitioning and Diplomacy after the Expulsion Decree of 1609, Gerard Wiegers (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)5 Outsiders Within: Internally Displaced Persons in Sweden, 1700–1721, Sari Nauman (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Part II Humanitarianism6 Refugees, Poor Relief and the Birth of Philanthropy in Protestant Europe, Alexander Schunka (Free University Berlin, Germany)7 In face of Xenophobia: Polish-Lithuanian Jewish Refugees and their Survival Strategies in the 1650s, Adam Teller (Brown University, USA)8 The Newspapers of Holland make a Great Noise: Newspapers and Humanitarian Culture in Britain and Europe, 1715–1745, Catherine Arnold (University of Memphis, USA)Part III Migration Management and Imperialism9 Plague, War and the Politics of Refuge in Early Modern Prussia, Kat Hill (Birkbeck University of London, UK)10 Engineering the Refuge: Switzerland, England and the Huguenots, 1685–1700, Owen Stanwood (Boston College, USA)11 Exile between Revolution and Counter-revolution, c. 1800, Jan C. Jansen (Tübingen University, Germany)Afterword: Refugee Politics in Longue-Durée Perspectives, Fabian Klose (University of Cologne, Germany)BibliographyIndex

This book provides a fantastic overview of the history of different refugee groups in the early modern period. The authors shed light on numerous aspects of the topic which have been long-overlooked and demonstrate the impact that refugees made on the political, religious, and social history of the early modern world,

David de Boer is Assistant Professor of Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen. He is the author of The Early Modern Dutch Press in an Age of Religious Persecution: The Making of Humanitarianism (2023). He is co-editor of Rebellion and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (2023) and Revolts and Political Violence in Early Modern Imagery (2021).Geert H. Janssen is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of The Dutch Revolt and Catholic Exile in Reformation Europe (2014) and Princely Power in the Dutch Republic: Patronage and William Frederick of Nassau (1613-64) (2008). He also co-edited The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age (2018) and The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation (2013).

• List of ContributorsIntroduction: Refugee Politics in Early Modern Europe David de Boer and Geert H. Janssen 1Part I Refugees and Belonging1 Arguing about Refugeedom: Religious Mobility in Jacobean London and Counter-Reformation Rome, Diego Pirillo (University of California - Berkeley, USA)2 Transnational Refugee Networks and the Politics of the early Dutch Republic, 1568–1590, Jesse Spohnholz (Washington State University, USA)3 Inventing Irish Identity in Exile, Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin (University College Dublin, Ireland)4 The Refugee Discourse of the Moriscos: Petitioning and Diplomacy after the Expulsion Decree of 1609, Gerard Wiegers (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)5 Outsiders Within: Internally Displaced Persons in Sweden, 1700–1721, Sari Nauman (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Part II Humanitarianism6 Refugees, Poor Relief and the Birth of Philanthropy in Protestant Europe, Alexander Schunka (Free University Berlin, Germany)7 In face of Xenophobia: Polish-Lithuanian Jewish Refugees and their Survival Strategies in the 1650s, Adam Teller (Brown University, USA)8 The Newspapers of Holland make a Great Noise: Newspapers and Humanitarian Culture in Britain and Europe, 1715–1745, Catherine Arnold (University of Memphis, USA)Part III Migration Management and Imperialism9 Plague, War and the Politics of Refuge in Early Modern Prussia, Kat Hill (Birkbeck University of London, UK)10 Engineering the Refuge: Switzerland, England and the Huguenots, 1685–1700, Owen Stanwood (Boston College, USA)11 Exile between Revolution and Counter-revolution, c. 1800, Jan C. Jansen (Tübingen University, Germany)Afterword: Refugee Politics in Longue-Durée Perspectives, Fabian Klose (University of Cologne, Germany)BibliographyIndex

This book provides a fantastic overview of the history of different refugee groups in the early modern period. The authors shed light on numerous aspects of the topic which have been long-overlooked and demonstrate the impact that refugees made on the political, religious, and social history of the early modern world,