‘Late’ Losses and the Temporality of Early Modern Nostalgia

Abstract

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Contested Space in a Contested Border Area: The Sint Jan in ‘s Hertogenbosch - Or: From Bosch to the Ten Commandments

“…Much research has been devoted in recent years to the role of tomb monuments in the description of churches as memorial sites and the different interpretations of these monuments in times of confessional change (Meys 2009;Schwyzer 2016;Walsham 2017). In the Dutch context, scholars have been particularly interested in the tomb monuments of national heroes, such as for Willem the Silent in Delft and for the great admirals of the Dutch Republic in Amsterdam (Scholten 2003;Mörke 2005).…”

Between the Altar and the Pulpit: The (New?) Materiality of the Spiritual

“…For early modern responses to the English Reformation, Philip Schwyzer has detected the use of the peculiar temporality of "lateness", especially as witnessed in its destructive impact on buildings and monuments. "Persisting through much of the seventeenth century and into the early Restoration era", he argues, "the perception of a 'recent Reformation' seems to have been equally prevalent among Catholic sympathisers and conventional, even militant, Protestants" (Schwyzer 2016). The destruction of Bishop Grandisson's tomb in Exeter Cathedral provides a striking example of this observation.…”

“…Van Oudenhoven received a gift of 120 guilders from the city council when his book was published(Beermann 1938, 127 fn 3). The officials in the city hall were obviously satisfied with his version of events and his interpretation of the use of the church space.Much research has been devoted in recent years to the role of tomb monuments in the description of churches as memorial sites and the different interpretations of these monuments in times of confessional changeSchwyzer 2016; Walsham 2017). In the Dutch context, scholars have been particularly interested in the tomb monuments of national heroes, such as for Willem the Silent in Delft and for the great admirals of the Dutch Republic in Amsterdam(Scholten 2003;Mörke 2005).…”