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"Based on analysis of a diary kept by Constantijn Huygens Jr, the secretary to Stadholder-King William of Orange, this book proposes a new explanation for the invention of the modern, private diary in the 17th century. At the same time it sketches a panoramic view of Europe at t…
"The essays in this collection consider the diaries and journals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Diaries and journals took many forms - depending on the occupation, gender, social status, and religious commitment of the writer. They ranged in their forms from brief …