Benjamin Roberts Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll in Rembrandt’s Time

Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in Rembrandt's Time focuses on the generation of rich young men that grew up in the seventeenth century in the Dutch Republic. These men had more money to spend on clothes, music, and recreation than the generation before them. This fascinating account of male adolescence in the Dutch Republic reveals how young men including Rembrandt van Rijn disregarded conservative values and rebelled against the older generation, and consequently created a new youth culture that was...

Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 5,4 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024

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Maarten Hell The little history of Amsterdam for dummies

Non-fictie

Engels | 174 pagina's | BBNC uitgevers, Amersfoort | 2015

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Benjamin B. Roberts Sex and drugs before rock 'n' roll

youth culture and masculinity during Holland's Golden Age

Overview of how men, born around 1600, expressed their masculinity in the areas of clothing, appearance, drinking, drugs, using violence, sexuality and leisure. The author describes how young men were breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing certain clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs.

Non-fictie

Engels | 318 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2012

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Robert Gerwarth The vanquished

why the First World War failed to end

Geschiedenis van de eerste jaren na de Eerste Wereldoorlog, gekenmerkt door revoluties, burgeroorlogen en grensconflicten.

Engels | 446 pagina's | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | 2016

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