Exile Memories and the Dutch Revolt: The Narrated Diaspora, 1550 - 1750 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

"The Dutch Revolt (ca. 1572-1648) led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people. In Exile Memories and the Dutch Revolt, Johannes Müller shows how migrants and their descendants in the Dutch Republic, England and Germany cultivated their Netherlandish heritage for more than 200 years. Memories of war and persecution shaped new religious and political identities that combined images of suffering and heroism and served as foundational narratives of newcomers. Exposing the underlying narrative structures of early modern exile memories, this volume shows how stories about the Dutch Revolt allowed migrants to participate in their host societies rather than producing a closed and exclusive diaspora. While narratives of religious persecution attracted non-migrants as well, exile networks were able to connect newcomers and established residents"--Provided by publisher Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction The Revelation of the Past Memories and the Continuation of the Diaspora Migration and Memory Transmigration and Its Multiple Ties Diasporic Imagination and Patriotic Discourse Exile Memories and Their Changing Meanings Chapter 1 Imagining the Diaspora The Formation of Diaspora Narratives In Defense of the Diaspora ‘Exile Theology’ and Confessional Identity Making Sense of Exile Punishing the Wicked—Chastising the Elect Exile and Persecution as the Marks of God’s True Children Exile as God’s Command At Home in the Diaspora Chapter 2 Recapturing the patria Memory and the Anticipation of the Future ‘Hot’ and ‘Cold’ Memory Keeping the Past Alive Exile and the Reclaiming of the Homeland ‘Memoria Magistra Vita’ Remapping the Netherlands Chapter 3 Strangers, Burghers, Patriots Re-Imagining Southern Netherlandish Identity in the Exile Towns The Social and Political Position of Southern Migrants in the Dutch Republic Leiden and Haarlem as Exile Towns Haarlem and the Memory of the London Martyrs Remembering Flemish Radicalism Rich or Poor Immigrants? Memory as ‘A Salutary Warning’ Managing Counter-Memory Disseminating Inclusive Exile Identities Inscribing Migrant Memories into the Local Memory Canon Fragmentary Discourses Chapter 4 The Reinvention of Family History Family Memories and the Change of Generations Family Memories between the Diaspora and Host Societies Reinventing Family History The Geographical Re-Imagination of the Family Past Permeable Memories Chapter 5 Ancient Landmarks of the Fathers: Maintaining Old Networks In Pursuit of a Fleeing Horseman At Home, Here and Abroad Maintaining Ties The Stranger Churches and the Continuation of Diasporic Networks Southern Institutions in the Dutch Republic Chapter 6 Godly Wanderers: Exile Memories and New Cultures of Religious Exclusivism Pilgrims behind the Fiery Column Puritanism and the Fashioning of Transnational Identities London: Cultivating the Model Church Frankfurt: Trans-Confessional Pietism and Diasporic Networks Building the New Jerusalem—Frankfurt and the ‘Holy Experiment’ ‘The Trying Fires of Persecution’ Conclusion: Permeable Memories Bibliography List of Archival Sources List of Printed Sources Secondary Literature Index "The Dutch Revolt (ca. 1572-1648) led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people. In Exile Memories and the Dutch Revolt, Johannes Müller shows how migrants and their descendants in the Dutch Republic, England and Germany cultivated their Netherlandish heritage for more than 200 years. Memories of war and persecution shaped new religious and political identities that combined images of suffering and heroism and served as foundational narratives of newcomers. Exposing the underlying narrative structures of early modern exile memories, this volume shows how stories about the Dutch Revolt allowed migrants to participate in their host societies rather than producing a closed and exclusive diaspora. While narratives of religious persecution attracted non-migrants as well, exile networks were able to connect newcomers and established residents"--Provided by publisher