Whether through scientific discoveries, the design of royal palaces and gardens, or the introduction of works by the greatest painters of the age-Rubens, Rembrandt, and Van Dyck among them-the England we know today owes an extraordinary amount to its fierce competitor across the "narrow sea."
Dutch influence also permanently reshaped England's cultural landscape. Throughout the seventeenth century, Holland and England were engaged in an energetic commercial and cultural exchange that survived three Anglo-Dutch wars. Going Dutch is the remarkable story of the relationship between two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the modern age. In this wide-ranging book, Lisa Jardine assembles new research in political and social history, together with the histories of art, music, gardening, and science, to show how Dutch tolerance, resourcefulness, and commercial acumen had effectively conquered Britain long before William and his English wife arrived in London. How was it that this almost bloodless coup took place with such apparent ease yet was not recognized as the full-blooded invasion and conquest it undoubtedly was? The Glorious Revolution that followed forced James II to abdicate, and William and his wife, Mary, were jointly crowned king and queen on April 11, 1689. On November 5, 1688, William of Orange, Protestant ruler of the Dutch Republic, landed at Torbay in Devon with a force of twenty thousand men.
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