Mirella is really looking forward to the RSA Conference in Washington next week and the FNI Conference in Durham the week after that!
Mirella We all talk about life IN academia... but how about life AFTER academia?
Mirella So, after our succesfull Amsterdam conference, it's now time to concentrate on the editing of our volume. And I'm very excited about that!
Mirella We all talk about life IN academia... but how about life AFTER academia?
Promovenda, Faculty of Arts, History Department
Thesis Title: Arenberg women in the archducal Netherlands: the development of the Pietas Nobilita
About
In my PhD-research I focus on the development of a particular form of noble piety, the Pietas Nobilita. This form of piety was a direct result of the political crisis which many noble families from the Netherlands experienced due to the Dutch Revolt. In order to efficiently communicate Habsburg loyalty to the new Netherlandish sovereigns, the Archdukes Albert and Isabella (daughter of Philip II of Spain), the nobility had to use the "language" of religion; in this case the severe form of counter reformatory piety that the Habsburgs promoted (Pietas Austriaca). The Pietas Nobilita however had to serve more than one purpose. It communicated also a new and emphasized sense of religion and submission to the holy catholic church. More than this, it communicated a specific dynastic identity, in my case, an Arenberg identity, which focussed around ideas of noble genealogy and family history.
