Angstcultuur en complotdenken tijdens het Bestand.: De karaktermoord op Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1617-1619)

Helmer Helmers

doi:10.5117/TVG2021.2.005.HELM

Angstcultuur en complotdenken tijdens het Bestand. De karaktermoord op Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1617-1619)

Helmer Helmers

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A remarkable public attack was launched against John of Oldenbarnevelt during the Dutch Truce Conflicts of 1609-1619, which culminated in his execution in May 1619. This article analyses the genesis and effectiveness of this early modern ‘character assassination’ of a leader of state. It argues that this attack derived its power from a carefully nourished, international, protestant culture of fear, in which the preservation of the Dutch Republic was deemed essential to the survival of protestantism as a whole. Two interconnected elements of this culture of fear played into the hands of Oldenbarnevelt’s opponents: the steady stream of international news to the Dutch Republic due to its new infrastructure of news, and the dominant conspiratorial mindset amongst the elite and the wider public alike.

Original language	English
Article number	23
Pages (from-to)	230
Number of pages	253
Journal	Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis
Volume	153
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/TVG2021.2.005.HELM
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Dutch Republic
Truce Period (1609-1621)
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
character assassination
culture of fear

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Angstcultuur en complotdenken tijdens het Bestand. De karaktermoord op Johan van Oldebarnevelt (1617-1619)

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