Research project
The polemics between Protestant ‘moderns’ and Roman Catholics in the Netherlands, 1840-1910
What representations of Protestant moderns by Roman Catholics, and vice versa, are reflected in 19th-century ‘casual’ media published between 1840 and 1910, and can we see a development over that period?
- Duration
- 2017
- Funding
- Self-funded
The research question is in vestigated on the basis of the collection of 19th-century theological brochures in the Leiden University Library. The focus of my research is on the polemic methods used by both parties: aspects of rhetoric, including the question of how history is being deployed in the discussion.