Benjamin Roberts Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll in Rembrandt’s Time

Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in Rembrandt's Time focuses on the generation of rich young men that grew up in the seventeenth century in the Dutch Republic. These men had more money to spend on clothes, music, and recreation than the generation before them. This fascinating account of male adolescence in the Dutch Republic reveals how young men including Rembrandt van Rijn disregarded conservative values and rebelled against the older generation, and consequently created a new youth culture that was...

Engels | 200 pagina's (ePub2, 5,4 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2024

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Benjamin B. Roberts Seks, drugs en rock 'n' roll in de Gouden Eeuw

In 'Seks, Drugs en Rock 'n' Roll in de Gouden Eeuw schetst historicus Benjamin B. Roberts een fascinerend portret van het leven van jonge mannen in de eerste helft van de zeventiende eeuw. Hij beschrijft het losbandige gedrag van markante figuren zoals Rembrandt - geboren in 1606 - en brengt daarmee de normen en waarden van zijn opstandige generatiegenoten tot leven. Roberts laat overtuigend zien dat de jonge mannen van toen net als nu rebelleerden, en zich afzetten tegen voorgaande generaties. Ze...

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Nederlands | 129 pagina's (ePub2, 10 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2014

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Benjamin B. Roberts Seks, drugs en rock 'n' roll in de Gouden Eeuw

Overzicht van de jongerencultuur in Nederland in de zeventiende eeuw.

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Nederlands | 180 pagina's | AUP, Amsterdam | 2014

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Benjamin Burton Roberts Through the keyhole

Dutch child-rearing practices in the 17th and 18th century; three urban elite families

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Engels | 223 pagina's | Verloren, Hilversum | 1998

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Benjamin B. Roberts Sex and drugs before rock 'n' roll

youth culture and masculinity during Holland's Golden Age

Overview of how men, born around 1600, expressed their masculinity in the areas of clothing, appearance, drinking, drugs, using violence, sexuality and leisure. The author describes how young men were breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing certain clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs.

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Engels | 318 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2012

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