Subversieve literatuur in tijden van censuur: Beeldvorming van de Opstand in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden (1585-1621) en de casus van een Mechels vroegmodern handschrift met rebelse inhoud.

It is widely believed that after the Fall of Antwerp (1585), sympathisers of William of Orange fled north or kept to themselves. An ostentatiously orangist manuscript produced in the southern city of Mechelen testifies to the contrary and shows that alternative opinions continued to linger in the Southern Low Countries. In a threefold research initiative, I will first study the manuscript and its makers, moving on to the literary culture of the city of Mechelen, in which the manuscript was produced. In a last stage, I will look for similar sources and incorporate printed texts, so as to shed light on the dialogue between two opposing memory cultures of the Dutch Revolt, in the Southern Low Countries. My research addresses questions relating to the function and cultural significance of early modern manuscripts, their relation to print, and their place in literary history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]