Religious Exiles | Washington State University | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Project
The Rhineland Exiles and the Religious Landscape of the Dutch Republic, c.1550-1618
Jesse Spohnholz and Mirjam van Veen are co-writing a book that will provide an an overview of Rhineland exile communities and their influence on the religious landscape of the Dutch Republic. Their research combines social and cultural history with the history of ideas to describe how refugees’ experiences shaped their own religious practices and worldviews, how they related to people of other faiths, and what influence they had once they returned to the Dutch Republic. It asks if there were patterns that explain which exiles emerged as advocates of confessional Calvinism and which adopted more inclusive and tolerant approaches.