Political Thought in the Dutch Republic

What political theories did early Dutch citizens develop to justify the existence of a republic that had grown enormously wealthy and powerful in only one generation? This book brings together, for the first time in English, three essays by E.H. Kossmann that examine the meaning of political philosophy for the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch state. Accompanied by an updated introduction, these essays present a completely new perspective on the political atmosphere in the early Dutch republic.