Dutch Golden Age

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The Dutch Golden Age was a 17th-century period when the Netherlands became a leading global power in trade, art, science, and finance, marked by prosperity and cultural flourishing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural era
historical period
capital Amsterdam
country Dutch Republic
culturalCenter Amsterdam
Delft
Haarlem, Netherlands
surface form: Haarlem

Leiden
The Hague
Utrecht
currency Dutch guilder
economicCenter Amsterdam
Middelburg
Rotterdam
endTime circa 1672
late 17th century
field art
banking
cartography
finance
maritime commerce
navigation
painting
philosophy
publishing
science
shipbuilding
trade
urban development
followedBy period of economic decline in the Netherlands
hasCause Dutch independence from Spain
Eighty Years' War
surface form: Eighty Years War

Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation

growth of maritime trade
rise of Dutch merchant capitalism
hasPart Dutch Golden Age architecture
Dutch Golden Age cartography
Dutch Golden Age literature
Dutch Golden Age painting
Dutch Golden Age philosophy
Dutch Golden Age science
influenced European art
development of modern capitalism
global trade networks
international law
knownFor bourgeois culture
cartographic excellence
flourishing of painting
global maritime trade dominance
innovations in finance
religious tolerance relative to contemporaries
scientific discoveries
urban prosperity
language Dutch
mainPlace Dutch Republic
Netherlands
notableFigure Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Baruch Spinoza
Christiaan Huygens
Frans Hals
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Hugo Grotius
Jacob Cats
Jacob van Ruisdael
Jan Steen
Willem Blaeu
surface form: Joan Blaeu

Johan de Witt
Johannes Vermeer
Joost van den Vondel
Maurice of Nassau
Michiel de Ruyter
Peter Paul Rubens
Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt

Willem Blaeu
notableInstitution Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Bank of Amsterdam
Dutch East India Company
Dutch West India Company
University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University

States General of the Netherlands
partOf Age of Sail
Early Modern period
politicalSystem republic
religion Calvinism
Dutch Reformed Church
religious pluralism
significantEvent Anglo-Dutch Wars
Peace of Westphalia
Rampjaar 1672
Synod of Dort
Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic
surface form: Treaty of Münster

Tulip mania
Twelve Years' Truce
surface form: Twelve Years Truce

founding of Dutch East India Company
founding of Dutch West India Company
startTime 17th century
circa 1588

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Balthasar van der Ast movement Dutch Golden Age
Carel Fabritius movement Dutch Golden Age
Constantijn Huygens movement Dutch Golden Age
Cornelis Jacobsz Delff movement Dutch Golden Age
Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen movement Dutch Golden Age
Cornelis de Man movement Dutch Golden Age
Dirck van Baburen movement Dutch Golden Age
Dirck van Delen movement Dutch Golden Age
Dirck van der Lisse movement Dutch Golden Age
Egbert van der Poel movement Dutch Golden Age
Emanuel de Witte movement Dutch Golden Age
Esaias van de Velde movement Dutch Golden Age
Ferdinand Bol movement Dutch Golden Age
Artemisia movement Dutch Golden Age
subject surface form: Ferdinand Bol
Anna van Erckel movement Dutch Golden Age
subject surface form: Ferdinand Bol
this entity surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
Frans Hals movement Dutch Golden Age
Frans van Mieris the Elder movement Dutch Golden Age
François Hemony movement Dutch Golden Age
Gabriel Metsu movement Dutch Golden Age
Gerard Houckgeest movement Dutch Golden Age
Gerard ter Borch movement Dutch Golden Age
Girl with a Pearl Earring movement Dutch Golden Age
Govert Flinck movement Dutch Golden Age
Govert movement Dutch Golden Age
subject surface form: Govert Flinck
this entity surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
Flinck movement Dutch Golden Age
subject surface form: Govert Flinck
Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet movement Dutch Golden Age
Hendrick de Keyser movement Dutch Golden Age
Hendrick van der Burch movement Dutch Golden Age
Hendrickje Stoffels movement Dutch Golden Age
Herman Saftleven movement Dutch Golden Age
Het melkmeisje movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob Cats movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob Vosmaer movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob van Campen movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob van Ruisdael movement Dutch Golden Age
Jacob van Swanenburgh movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan Porcellis movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan Steen movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan de Baen movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan van Goyen movement Dutch Golden Age
this entity surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
Jan van de Cappelle movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan van der Heyden movement Dutch Golden Age
Jan van der Meer I movement Dutch Golden Age
this entity surface form: Dutch Golden Age painting
Jan van der Vliet movement Dutch Golden Age
Johannes Vermeer movement Dutch Golden Age
Johannes van der Meer movement Dutch Golden Age
subject surface form: Johannes Vermeer