Ibero-Dutch Imperial Entanglements in the Seventeenth Century

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective. It offers a compelling analysis of how Ibero-Dutch relations shifted from violence and conflictduring the Iberian Union (15801640) and the Dutch quest for independence (15791648)into collaboration and coexistence in the century's second half. The encounters between the Iberians and the Dutch in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean regions highlight their centrality in geopolitical shifts around the globe. Challenging the paradigm of decline, the contributions gathered here demonstrate that instead, each polity embraced strategic trade-offs and reshaped imperial pursuits that ultimately allowed them to thrive as empires during the entire seventeenth century.

Argues for a reassessment of the relationship and between the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch empires Champions regional perspectives as a way in to understanding global trends Includes contributions covering diplomatic, military, legal, financial, and commercial interconnections

Auteur

Silvia Z. Mitchell is Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, USA, and post-doctoral researcher at CINTER, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Erica Heinsen-Roach was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, USA, and is currently an independent scholar.

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By foregrounding the adaptability of the Iberian and Dutch Empires, this volume convincingly challenges the existing scholarship on early modern empires, still largely oriented towards the seemingly inevitable dominance of the English/British empire. It demonstrates that the Iberian and Dutch empires endured into the second half of the seventeenth century by reinventing themselves through commercial and diplomatic cooperation after a period of confrontation and competition.

Cátia Antunes , Professor, History of Global Economic Networks, University of Leiden, the Netherlands

Offering a series of case studies that bring together the histories of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, this volume enriches the history of the long seventeenth century. With its focus on political, diplomatic, and colonial histories, it challenges the traditional narrative of British and French rise in the second half of the seventeenth centuryand their putative displacement of the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch from the global stagearguing that rumors of Iberian and Dutch decline have been greatly exaggerated.

Benjamin Schmidt , Jon Bridgman Professor of History, University of Washington, USA

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective. It offers a compelling analysis of how Ibero-Dutch relations shifted from violence and conflictduring the Iberian Union (15801640) and the Dutch quest for independence (15791648)into collaboration and coexistence in the century's second half. The encounters between the Iberians and the Dutch in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean regions highlight their centrality in geopolitical shifts around the globe. Challenging the paradigm of decline, the contributions gathered here demonstrate that instead, each polity embraced strategic trade-offs and reshaped imperial pursuits that ultimately allowed them to thrive as empires during the entire seventeenth century.

Silvia Z. Mitchell is Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, USA, and post-doctoral researcher at CINTER, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Erica Heinsen-Roach was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, USA, and is currently an independent scholar.

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Chapter 1: The Iberian Monarchies of Spain and Portugal and the Dutch Republic in a Century of Change.- Chapter 2: An Artificial Island, a Restrictive Presence: Nagasaki, the Jesuits, and the Dutch Presence in Japan during the first half of the Seventeenth Century.- Chapter 3: Armada in the East: A Spanish Fleet in Singapore Waters, 1616.- Chapter 4: Concurrent Sovereignties on the Lenapewihittuck: 1615-1638.- Chapter 5: A Franciscan's View of the Dutch Challenge to Iberia's American Empire.- Chapter 6: Commerce and Conflict: Portuguese-African-Dutch Entanglements on West Africa's Gold Coast, 1596-1700.- Chapter 7: 'And Spain Did Not Even Come to the Rescue:' Fueling Luso-Brazilian Resistance During the Dutch Challenge for Brazil.- Chapter 8: The Dutch West India Company and the Peace of Münster, Revisited.- Chapter 9: Conflict and Cooperation on the Rio de la Plata: Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch Merchants in the Mid-Seventeenth Century.- Chapter 10: Imitation, Continuation, and Entanglement: Dutch Policies toward Indigenous Peoples in Curaçao and the Guianas after the Loss of Dutch Brazil, 1654-1686.- Chapter 11: Spanish-Dutch Collaboration under Mariana of Austria, 1665-1675: Shifting Diplomatic and Military Alliances in Europe and the Caribbean.- Chapter 12: The Battle of Stromboli and its Aftermath: Dutch-Spanish Maritime, Financial, and Commercial Entanglements, 1675-1690.- Chapter 13: The Legacy of War: Ibero-Dutch Conflicts and the Road towards a Limited Fiscal-Military State in Portugal, 1640-1703.