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From Santa Claus and his sleigh to a dumbhead talking poppycock, the contributions of the Dutch language to American English are indelibly embedded to some of our most vernacular terms and expressions.

English language --- Germanic languages --- Dialect literature, American --- Foreign words and phrases --- Dutch. --- Dialects --- Dutch language --- geschiedenis --- dutch and flemish language --- cultuur and geschiedenis --- culture and history --- history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines --- nederlandse taal

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When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers understood him as an anti-Aristotelian thinker and as a precursor of Descartes. Twentieth-century historians depicted him as an atomist, natural scientist and even as a chemist. And yet, when Gorlaeus died, he was a beginning student in theology. His thought must in fact be placed at the intersection between philosophy, the nascent natural sciences, and theology. The aim of this book is to shed light on Gorlaeus' family circumstances, his education at Franeker and Leiden, and on the virulent Arminian crisis which provided the context within which his work was written. It also attempts to define Gorlaeus' place in the history of Dutch philosophy and to assess the influence that it exercised in the evolution of philosophy and science, and notably in early Cartesian circles. Christoph Lu̘thy is professor of the history of philosophy and science at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Gorlæus, David --- Atomism. --- Philosophers --- Natuurfilosofie. --- Natuurwetenschappen. --- Gorlaeus, David --- Nederland. --- Gorlaeus, David, 1591-1612. --- Philosophers -- Netherlands. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physics - General --- Gorlaeus, David, --- Goorle, David van, --- Van Goorle, David, --- Scholars --- Religion and science. --- Philosophy --- History. --- Atomic theory --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Pluralism --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Religious aspects --- geschiedenis --- history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines --- history --- geography --- and auxiliary disciplines --- Atomism --- Conrad Vorstius --- David van Goorle --- God --- Metaphysics --- René Descartes

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The Art of Staying Neutral offers a fascinating insight into the problems and challenges associated with neutrality in an age of 'total war'. It explains how the Netherlands upheld and protected its non-belligerency during the First World War despite constant interference from its warring neighbours. Staying neutral was an artform that the Dutch managed to master through clever diplomacy, conscientious adherence to international laws, comprehensive mobilisation of its armed forces, regular patrols of its territorial boundaries, careful policing of its citizens, and a decisive measure of good fortune. The Art of Staying Neutral makes important contributions to the study of neutrality and the domestic history of the Netherlands in this seminal world event.

History of the Netherlands --- anno 1910-1919 --- Neutrality. --- World War, 1914-1918. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Neutrality --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- History --- Netherlands --- Neutralism --- Law and legislation --- International relations --- Buffer states --- Intervention (International law) --- Isolationism --- Nonalignment --- Prize law --- Region of war --- Unneutral service --- War, Maritime (International law) --- War (International law) --- geschiedenis --- history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines

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The first complete English translation of Dirck Coornhert's 1630 Synod on the Freedom of Conscience, one of the most elaborate and powerful pleas for religious tolerance published in early modern Europe

Asylum, Right of --Religious aspects. --- Freedom of religion. --- Religious pluralism. --- Religious tolerance. --- Freedom of religion --- Religious tolerance --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- History --- Netherlands --- History. --- Freedom of worship --- Intolerance --- Liberty of religion --- Religious freedom --- Religious liberty --- Separation of church and state --- Law and legislation --- Freedom of expression --- Liberty --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- religion --- philosophy --- geschiedenis --- history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines --- religie --- filosofie

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The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal promised to create an integrated waterway system across Europe, linking Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets and giving landlocked Czech nation its own connections to the ocean. The fascinating history of this never-completed project, 'European Coasts of Bohemia' tells the story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. Jirí Janác shows how the canal-backers adapted themselves to various political developments, such as the break-up of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the integration into the Soviet Bloc, while still managing to keep the canal project alive.

Canals --- History. --- Channels (Hydraulic engineering) --- Hydraulic structures --- Inland navigation --- Inland water transportation --- Geopolitics --- History --- Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal. --- World politics --- Inland shipping --- Shipping, Inland water --- Water transportation, Inland --- Shipping --- geschiedenis --- history --- geography --- and auxiliary disciplines --- Comecon --- Czechoslovakia --- Danube --- Elbe --- Oder --- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe --- United States Department of Energy --- Waterway