Abstract:This chapter explores the cross-cultural connections of a community of English and Scottish exiles who fled to the Dutch Republic, c.1575–1688. Among them were Pilgrims and Puritans, preachers-turned-physicians, dozens of dissenting divines, Fifth Monarchists (Dr Edward Richardson), oft-imprisoned Quakers (William Penn), tortured Presbyterians (William Carstares), religious and political exiles (John Locke). They fled to Holland in waves: during the Elizabethan Settlement (late sixteenth century); during the E… Show more
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