TY - BOOK AU - Degroot,Dagomar TI - The Frigid Golden Age: Climate Change, the Little Ice Age, and the Dutch Republic, 1560-1720 T2 - Studies in Environment and History SN - 9781108419314 AV - QC903.2.N4 D44 2018 U1 - 304.2/5094920903 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Eighty Years' War (Netherlands : 1568-1648) KW - fast KW - Climatic changes KW - Netherlands KW - Climatology KW - Climate KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648 KW - 1648-1714 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) and index; Introduction : crisis and opportunity in a changing climate -- The Little Ice Age -- Reaching Asia in a stormy, chilly climate -- Sailing, floating, riding, and skating through a cooler Europe -- Cooling, warming, and the wars of independence, 1564-1648 -- Gales, winds, and Anglo-Dutch antagonism, 1652-1688 -- Tracing and painting the Little Ice Age -- Texts, technologies, and climate change -- Conclusion : lessons from ice and gold N2 - Explores the resilience of the Dutch Republic in the face of preindustrial climate change during the Little Ice Age ER -