Talk:Renaissance in the Low Countries

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I think it's a rather misleading to describe a Renaissance in the Netherlands, when the term didn't even come about until the middle of the 16th century, and meant something quite different than it does today. Using the term Low Countries seems a lot more justified.

Peter Isotalo 12:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Someone recently moved it to Dutch Renaissance which is even worse, I reverted this. Please discuss before moving again. When I created this article, I meant to call it Renaissance in the Low Countries but for some reason it became Netherlands, I forgot why. I more or less agree with you, but I don't see a real reason for moving unless you would have a source using that name. Piet | Talk 13:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I really think this page should be moved to the above-mentioned Renaissance in the Low Countries since it discusses both the northern and southern Netherlands (and rightly so). In English Netherlands means only the north, and doesn't have the plural connotations in the Dutch term. --Stomme (talk) 15:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
Renaissance in the Netherlands → Renaissance in the Low Countries — The current article is not limited to the Netherlands in English usage, since it discusses both the southern and northern Netherlands. The most common and clearest alternative is the use of Low Countries as a broad geographic base that includes Flanders, the northern provinces and some of the other regions that played an important role in the period. In English, the Netherlands (without further conditions) refers to a country that does not yet exist during the period discussed. —Stomme (talk) 09:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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 * Support as nominator (reasons given above). --Stomme (talk) 12:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Support The use of Netherlands for Ghent is an anachronism. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. The current title is anachronistic & imprecise. - Ev (talk) 02:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

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Why is there not any mention of Rembrandt in here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.253.26.76 (talk) 04:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)