4.3 Urban Culture in the Netherlands

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Geschiedenis

Introductie

3.4 Urban Culture in the Netherlands 

History

Learning goals

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe why painters had enough work in the Republic

Describe why the Republic was tolerant 

What was the influence of the States Bible?

Why did people want to portay the ordinary household?

Jan Steen

Johannes Vermeer

Real Nachtwacht

Copy of the Nachtwacht

De Nachtwacht

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What is tolerance?

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Faith and tolerance 

• Calvinist church in the Netherlands

Tolerance: accepting dissenters

• Catholic, Protestant or the Jewish faith

• No king to say what to believe

• Churches of refuge: 'Ons Lieve Heer op Solder'

What do you see? What do you think it is?

Why did NL have to be tolerant in religion?

Learning goals

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe why the Republic was tolerant of

- Faith

- Politics

- Science

Portuguese synagogue Amsterdam

The Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe from 1675, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Why were Jews allowed to build synagogues and Catholics not allowed to build churches?

Is that a political, economic or cultural/religious motive?

Jewish philospher

• Baruch Spinoza: god is not a supreme being, god is in everything

• Rationalism - man must dare to think for himself instead of referring to God in everything.

Is allowing "shelter churches" a cause or a consequence of tolerance??

1. Cause
2. Consequence

Name two examples showing that the Netherlands was a tolerant country during the Golden Age

Name two examples showing that the Netherlands was a tolerant country during the Golden Age

Scientific

revolution

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek:
• red blood cells, bacteria

Christiaan Huygens: the microscope, pendulum clock

Hugo de Groot: the law of war and peace

Baruch Spinoza: god is not a supreme being, god is in everything

Scientific Revolution

• Rapid development in Western Europe in the fields of invention and science.
• Possible due to freedom of thought, curiosity and own faith.
• Rationalism: tried to understand the world with reason rather than from faith.
• - Free thinking
• - Doing research
• - Testing 

Christiaan Huygens

Wiskunde, sterrenkunde, natuurkunde

Uitvindingen:

* Verbeterde telescoop

* Slingeruurwerk (exacte tijd kunnen bepalen)

Wetenschappelijke revolutie (2)

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek:

Uitvindingen van de microscoop

Zag voor het eerst bacteriën!

Wie ontdekte kleine microscopische wezentjes?

1. Galileo Galilei
2. Isaac Newton
3. Christiaan Huygens
4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Wie heeft het slingeruurwerk uitgevonden?

1. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
2. Hugo de Groot
3. Christiaan Huygens
4. René Descartes

Hij bouwde een telescoop om de sterren te bestuderen:

1. Christiaan Huygens
2. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
3. Spinoza
4. Willem van Oranje

Wie vond de microscoop uit?

1. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
2. Simon Stevens
3. Eise Eisinga
4. Newton