Europe within Reach : Netherlandish Travellers on the Grand Tour and Beyond (1585-1750) /

Transl. by Diane Webb. 0In 'Europe within reach' Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling. 0Leisure trips to Paris, London...

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Main Author: Verhoeven, Gerrit, 1980- (Author)
Other Authors: Webb, Diane (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Leiden : Brill, [2015]
Series:Egodocuments and history series ; . 9.
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Summary:Transl. by Diane Webb. 0In 'Europe within reach' Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling. 0Leisure trips to Paris, London or Berlin, a cours pittoresque along the Rhine, domestic trips in the Low Countries and a series of other destinations gained ground, while new sorts of travellers cropped up: female and middle-class travellers, domestic servants, children, youngsters and the elderly. 0Verhoeven does not only trace these evolutions, but also explains why Netherlandish travellers gradually turned into art connoisseurs; why they were spellbound by sites of memory and by rugged landscapes; or why all sorts of fashionable gadgets and thingies were bought on the way.
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