Cet article se concentre sur l’échange continu et réciproque d’idées et de personnes qui a existé tout au long de l’ère révolutionnaire entre la Hollande et les États-Unis. Nous soutenons tout d... Show moreCet article se concentre sur l’échange continu et réciproque d’idées et de personnes qui a existé tout au long de l’ère révolutionnaire entre la Hollande et les États-Unis. Nous soutenons tout d’abord que l’influence américaine aux Pays-Bas ne se limitait pas au Parti Patriote, mais incluait également les partisans du stathouder. Deuxièmement, l’influence de la Révolution américaine sur les penseurs politiques néerlandais ne s’est pas arrêtée au tournant du siècle. Ces deux phénomènes sont le résultat de connexions transatlantiques qui semblent étranges d’un point de vue idéologique mais font sens lorsque le véhicule d’échange est pris en compte. Nous démontrons, troisièmement, que l’accent mis sur les rencontres et les expériences personnelles permet de saisir le caractère transnational de l’ère révolutionnaire. Show less
This PhD thesis has studied the meeting practice of the Dutch States General to address the role of tradition and culture in times of political and institutional transition in the first half of the... Show moreThis PhD thesis has studied the meeting practice of the Dutch States General to address the role of tradition and culture in times of political and institutional transition in the first half of the 19th century. Dutch revisionist historians of the Revolutionary Era have emphasized the sense of rupture surrounding the year 1800. The Batavian revolutionaries, together with French Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies, caused a clear break between the ancien régime of the Dutch Republic and the 19th-century Kingdom of the Netherlands. Modern constitutions replaced the de- centralized government system of the Dutch Republic with a unitary state from 1798 onwards. When the Dutch regained their independence after the fall of Napoleon in 1813, the new state did not turn the clock back to 1795. In that respect, the Netherlands has been studied as a fine example of Reinhard Koselleck’s concept of Sattelzeit. Continuities, such as the name States General for the bicameral parliament, were merely invented traditions to hide the new institutions of the Restoration state. Notwithstanding obvious evidence of discontinuity, in political practice there was more continuity in the Netherlands during the transitional period from the 18th to the 19th century than historians have assumed. Show less
Between 1815 and 1830 Northern and Southern members of the States General clashed over how to behave as political representatives. This article presents this conflict as evidence of the continuity... Show moreBetween 1815 and 1830 Northern and Southern members of the States General clashed over how to behave as political representatives. This article presents this conflict as evidence of the continuity of the meeting practices employed in the States General since the Dutch Republic. Examples from three different periods show the continuity of three elements of the Northern meeting practice. Pragmatic, secluded and dignified meetings aimed at achieving consensus among the provinces or among members, Chamber, king and government. Deliberations on a resolution or a bill had to take place in an orderly and harmonious manner to ensure the willingness of the provinces or the Dutch people to obey the law. Hence, the political legitimacy of the state was constantly at stake during sessions of the States General and directly connected with correct procedure and behaviour. The continuity of the three practical elements nuances the impact of the constitutional ruptures which on first sight clearly separate the States General of the Dutch Republic from its successor in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Show less
