Europe Within Reach

Netherlandish Travellers on the Grand Tour and Beyond (1585-1750)
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29271-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Egodocuments and History Series

In Europe within Reach Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour was slowly but surely overshadowed by other types of travelling.
Leisure trips to Paris, London or Berlin, a cours pittoresque along the Rhine, domestic trips in the Low Countries and a series of other destinations gained ground, while new sorts of travellers cropped up: female and middle-class travellers, domestic servants, children, youngsters and the elderly.
Verhoeven does not only trace these evolutions, but also explains why Netherlandish travellers gradually turned into art connoisseurs; why they were spellbound by sites of memory and by rugged landscapes; or why all sorts of fashionable gadgets and thingies were bought on the way.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verhoeven, Gerrit

Weitere Mitwirkende

Webb, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Expeditionen & Entdeckungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Allgemeines, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
Overture
‘Le mot qui manque’
Sources
Method
Theory
Boundaries

I. ELITE TRAVELLERS
Group Portrait
Bourgeois ‘dignitas’
Professions
Fortune
Lifestyle
Aristocratic Swaggering
Conclusion

II. OBJECTIVES
Diplomacy
Education
Business
Leisure
Conclusion

III. SERVANTS
Worlds Apart
Status and Street Credibility
Disobedience and Loyalty
Culture and Recreation
Conclusion

IV. OTHER TRAVELLERS
In the Margin of the Group Portrait
The Upper-Middle Class
Young and Old
Female Travellers
Conclusion

HALFWAY

V. CULTURE
The Perception of Art on Tour
Connoisseurs and Art Lovers
‘Museums’ and Art Collections
Personal Taste
Conclusion

VI. HISTORY
The Legacy of Clio
Oblivion and Recollection
Lieux de Mémoire
Heroes of Yesteryear
Conclusion

VII. LANDSCAPES
Experiencing Nature en Route
Familiar Ground
The Rustic Landscape
Classical Gardens
Rugged Nature
Conclusion

VIII. CONSUMPTION
On three slices of salmon, a canary and a church pew
Conspicuous Consumption
Consumer Revolution
Creative Consumption
Cosmopolitanism
Social Significance
Leisure Consumption
Conclusion

IX. POLITICS
Propaganda and Travel Behaviour
The Image of Louis XIV
Fossilized Fame
Incense, Tapestries and Invalids
Versailles
Poverty and Decay
Conclusion

CONCLUSION
Meerman’s Genealogy
Evolving Travel Behaviour
Agents of Change
Significance
Tourism?

Über Autor(innen)

Gerrit Verhoeven, (Ph.D. 2008) works at the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Leiden and lectures in early modern history. He has published articles and books on travel and tourism; on time awareness and human capital; on the resilience of social relations; and on book history.