French tyranny at school: the Disaster Year (1672) and the Nieuwe Spiegel der Jeugd

Arthur Timothy der Weduwen

doi:10.5117/JNB2022.004.WEDU

French tyranny at school: the Disaster Year (1672) and the Nieuwe Spiegel der Jeugd

Arthur Timothy der Weduwen^*

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School of History

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Abstract

In 1674, the Amsterdam publisher Jan Claesz ten Hoorn printed a new schoolbook, the Nieuwe Spiegel der Jeugd, of Franse Tiranny (New Mirror of Youth, or French Tyranny). The work, based on a chronicle of the recent ‘Disaster Year’ (1672), during which the Dutch Republic was invaded and nearly overrun by a French-led coalition, provided a concise but highly graphic and violent history of these turbulent events for the Dutch youth. The Nieuwe Spiegel became a run-away success, and was one of the most popular Dutch schoolbooks of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the production, content, circulation, use and legacy of the Nieuwe Spiegel, and situates the book in the broader context of the political, literary and pedagogical culture of the Dutch Republic. Based on a detailed bibliographical reconstruction, this article also includes an appendix listing the fifty-two editions that appeared between 1674 and 1780.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-108
Number of pages	49
Journal	Jaarboek voor Nederlandse boekgeschiedenis
Volume	29
Issue number	1
Early online date	1 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/JNB2022.004.WEDU
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022

Keywords

Franco-Dutch war
Pedagogy
Schoolbooks
Netherlands
Dutch Republic

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Druk, lees en huiver: vroege herinneringen aan het Rampjaar
Translated title of the contribution: Print, read and shiver: early memories of the Disaster Year (1672)der Weduwen, A. T., 1 Dec 2022, Holland. Historisch Tijdschrift, 54, 3, p. 193-202 10 p.
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Franse tirannie: het rampjaar 1672 op school
Translated title of the contribution: French tyranny: the disaster year 1672 at schoolvan der Sijs, N. (Editor) & der Weduwen, A. T. (Editor), 1 Dec 2022, Zwolle: Waanders. 240 p.
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Van rampjaar tot geschiedenisles: totstandkoming, productie, gebruik en invloed van de Nieuwe Spiegel
Translated title of the contribution: From disaster year to history lesson: creation, production, use and influence of the Nieuwe Spiegelder Weduwen, A. T., 1 Dec 2022, Franse tirannie: het rampjaar 1672 op school. van der Sijs, N. & der Weduwen, A. (eds.). Zwolle: Waanders, p. 29-55 27 p.
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French tyranny at school: the Disaster Year (1672) and the Nieuwe Spiegel der Jeugd

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Druk, lees en huiver: vroege herinneringen aan het Rampjaar

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