TY - BOOK ID - 135638965 TI - Early modern sovereignties : theory and practice of a burgeoning concept in the Netherlands AU - De Bom, Erik AU - Lesaffer, Randall AU - Thomas, Werner PY - 2021 SN - 9004446265 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, DB - UniCat KW - Nation-building KW - History. KW - Netherlands KW - Politics and government KW - Foreign relations KW - History KW - Kings and rulers. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135638965 AB - The essays in this volume explore the theories and practices of sovereignty in the context of state-building in the early modern Northern and Southern Low Countries. The Dutch Revolt, the secession of the northern provinces from the Spanish empire, the formation of the Dutch Republic and the reconstitution of Habsburg authority in the south, fostered tense debates among scholars and political leaders about the legitimacy, organisation and processes of law and governance. This made the Low Countries a prime battlefield for theoretical and political contestations about the nature of public authority and the relations between different layers of government in early-modern Europe. The book approaches this historical debate from three angles: (1) political theoretical, (2) legal, and (3) politico-historical. ER -