Author: Janny Venema
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Winner of the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives Beverwijck explores the rich history and Dutch heritage of one of North America's oldest cities—Albany, New York. Drawing on documents translated from the colonial Dutch as well as maps, architectural drawings, and English-language sources, Janny Venema paints a lively picture of everyday life in colonial America. In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. The area within three thousand feet of the fort became the village of Beverwijck. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. A well-organized system of poor relief also helped less wealthy settlers survive in the harsh colonial conditions. Venema's careful research shows that although Beverwijck resembled villages in the Dutch Republic in many ways, it quickly took on features of the new, "American" society that was already coming into being.
Beverwijck
Author: Janny Venema
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Winner of the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives Beverwijck explores the rich history and Dutch heritage of one of North America's oldest cities—Albany, New York. Drawing on documents translated from the colonial Dutch as well as maps, architectural drawings, and English-language sources, Janny Venema paints a lively picture of everyday life in colonial America. In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. The area within three thousand feet of the fort became the village of Beverwijck. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. A well-organized system of poor relief also helped less wealthy settlers survive in the harsh colonial conditions. Venema's careful research shows that although Beverwijck resembled villages in the Dutch Republic in many ways, it quickly took on features of the new, "American" society that was already coming into being.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Winner of the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives Beverwijck explores the rich history and Dutch heritage of one of North America's oldest cities—Albany, New York. Drawing on documents translated from the colonial Dutch as well as maps, architectural drawings, and English-language sources, Janny Venema paints a lively picture of everyday life in colonial America. In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. The area within three thousand feet of the fort became the village of Beverwijck. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. A well-organized system of poor relief also helped less wealthy settlers survive in the harsh colonial conditions. Venema's careful research shows that although Beverwijck resembled villages in the Dutch Republic in many ways, it quickly took on features of the new, "American" society that was already coming into being.
European Americana
Author: John Carter Brown Library
Publisher: New York : Readex Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Readex Books
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Life and Work of Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577-1649)
Author: C. S. M. Rademaker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Folger Shakespeare Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Public and Private Spaces
Author: John Loughman
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
"The seventeenth century in the Northern Netherlands was a period that saw the widespread 'domestication' of easel pictures, when paintings were acquired in significant numbers by a broad cross-section of society as a means of decorating the home. This is the first extended study to look at the role and function of paintings and other works of art in Dutch homes of the seventeenth century. In what numbers were paintings dispersed throughout the various rooms of the house? Were certain subjects regarded as more appropriate than others for display in a particular room? In what arrangements were paintings hung on the walls and how did this affect the way in which they were apprehended? A wide range of contemporary sources are drawn upon, including estate inventories and other archival material, published texts on art, architecture and social manners, and images of the domestic interior. In one chapter a close analysis is made of a small number of individual inventories, which are fully transcribed in the appendices, investigating the motivations that lie behind the display of works of art and their relationship to other furnishings."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
"The seventeenth century in the Northern Netherlands was a period that saw the widespread 'domestication' of easel pictures, when paintings were acquired in significant numbers by a broad cross-section of society as a means of decorating the home. This is the first extended study to look at the role and function of paintings and other works of art in Dutch homes of the seventeenth century. In what numbers were paintings dispersed throughout the various rooms of the house? Were certain subjects regarded as more appropriate than others for display in a particular room? In what arrangements were paintings hung on the walls and how did this affect the way in which they were apprehended? A wide range of contemporary sources are drawn upon, including estate inventories and other archival material, published texts on art, architecture and social manners, and images of the domestic interior. In one chapter a close analysis is made of a small number of individual inventories, which are fully transcribed in the appendices, investigating the motivations that lie behind the display of works of art and their relationship to other furnishings."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Bulletin
Author: New York State Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albany Region (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albany Region (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
European Americana: 1651-1675
Author: John Eliot Alden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Before Albany
Author: James Wesley Bradley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albany (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"Author Dr. James W. Bradley explores the interaction between Native Americans and the Dutch settlers living in the Beverwijck settlement, now present-day Albany. He discusses the mutual respect between the two groups and how, despite some conflicts, they established reciprocal relationships that led to the settlement of the Capital Region."--nysm.nysed.gov.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albany (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"Author Dr. James W. Bradley explores the interaction between Native Americans and the Dutch settlers living in the Beverwijck settlement, now present-day Albany. He discusses the mutual respect between the two groups and how, despite some conflicts, they established reciprocal relationships that led to the settlement of the Capital Region."--nysm.nysed.gov.