culture and society in the dutch republic

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culture and society in the dutch republic

Learning questions

Which four social groups were there in the Dutch Republic?

What are the characteristics of art from the Golden Age?

What are we going to do

recap 

Explanation about Dutch culture 

Finding examples of Dutch culture and society

What was the greatest source of Dutch wealth

1. industry
2. Trade in wood and grain
3. trade in spices
4. trade in slaves

Why was the VOC the first modern company?

Why did the Dutch and other Europeans use slaves?

1. To work in their houses
2. To be doctors and teachers
4. To work on plantations

Rich and poor

Golden age was not for everyone

1. small group of rich merchants (also regents)

2. shopkeepers and craftsmen

3. Unskilled labourers

4. Poor people (many of them immigrants)

Still, much richer than the rest of Europe

Art

• Architecture
• Also poorer people could afford it
• Paintings: everyday events and ordinary people

Science and religion

• Freedom of Concience
• Government paid voor de States Bible
• Tolerance
• scientific revolution
• scientists and philosophers