Ibero-Dutch Imperial Entanglements in the Seventeenth Century

Geopolitical Shifts in Global Perspective

Silvia Z. Mitchell, Erica Heinsen-Roach

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9783031615221
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031615238
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective. It offers a compelling analysis of how Ibero-Dutch relations shifted from violence and conflict—during the Iberian Union (1580–1640) and the Dutch quest for independence (1579–1648)—into collaboration and coexistence in the century's second half. The encounters between the Iberians and the Dutch in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean regions highlight their centrality in geopolitical shifts around the globe. Challenging the paradigm of decline, the contributions gathered here demonstrate that instead, each polity embraced strategic trade-offs and reshaped imperial pursuits that ultimately allowed them to thrive as empires during the entire seventeenth century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. The Iberian Monarchies of Spain and Portugal and the Dutch Republic in a Century of Change
• 2. An Artificial Island, a Restrictive Presence: Nagasaki, the Jesuits, and the Dutch Presence in Japan During the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
• 3. Armada in the East: A Spanish Fleet in Singapore Waters, 1616
• 4. Concurrent Sovereignties on the Lenapewihittuck: 1615–1638
• 5. A Franciscan’s View of the Dutch Challenge to Iberia’s American Empire
• 6. Commerce and Conflict: Portuguese–African–Dutch Entanglements on West Africa’s Gold Coast, 1596–1700
• 7. “And Spain Did Not Even Come to the Rescue:” Fueling Luso-Brazilian Resistance During the Dutch Challenge for Brazil
• 8. The Dutch West India Company and the Peace of Münster, Revisited
• 9. Conflict and Cooperation on the Rio de la Plata: Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch Merchants in the Mid-seventeenth Century
• 10. Imitation, Continuation, and Entanglement: Dutch Policies Toward Indigenous Peoples in Curaçao and the Guianas After the Loss of Dutch Brazil, 1654–1686
• 11. Spanish-Dutch Collaboration Under Mariana of Austria, 1665–1675: Shifting Diplomatic and Military Alliances in Europe and the Caribbean
• 12. The Battle of Stromboli and Its Aftermath: Dutch-Spanish Maritime, Financial, and Commercial Entanglements, 1675–1690
• 13. The Legacy of War: Ibero-Dutch Conflicts and the Road Toward a Limited Fiscal-Military State in Portugal, 1640–1703
• 14. Afterword: The Mutual Constitution of the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish Empires in the Long Seventeenth Century
• Back Matter