http://www.andrewcusack.com/2008/09/22/prinsjesdag/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:42:30 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.andrewcusack.com/2008/09/22/prinsjesdag/comment-page-1/#comment-4562 Mark M Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:48:30 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=1512#comment-4562 No Crowns in Holland, Andrew? No Crowns in Holland, Andrew?

]]> http://www.andrewcusack.com/2008/09/22/prinsjesdag/comment-page-1/#comment-4321 Gousset van Heel Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:21:59 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/?p=1512#comment-4321 Delightful: you are helping your readers to understand that the idea that Great Britain alone has a true Court is a myth. It is worth pointing out, too, that Cuypers was a Catholic. So much for the idea that the Netherlands was ever a purely Protestant place. It is true that the two sides rarely met in society (even today one can meet prim old ladies who have never spoken to a Catholic in their lives), but the role of the Church in Dutch culture was never extinguished. Delightful: you are helping your readers to understand that the idea that Great Britain alone has a true Court is a myth.
It is worth pointing out, too, that Cuypers was a Catholic. So much for the idea that the Netherlands was ever a purely Protestant place. It is true that the two sides rarely met in society (even today one can meet prim old ladies who have never spoken to a Catholic in their lives), but the role of the Church in Dutch culture was never extinguished.

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