Description:
This volume offers a comparative discussion of the role of monarchs in European colonialism, seeking to identify connections and parallels, as well as contrasts, from early modernity to present-day public debates.
Brief description:
Gert Oostindie is Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History at Leiden University and former Director of the KITLV /Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden (KITLV -KNAW). He published extensively on colonial and postcolonial history. At the request of H.M. King Willem-Alexander, Oostindie directed the research project on the role of the House of Orange-Nassau in the colonial history of the Netherlands (2023-2026). European Monarchs & Colonialism is one of the five books published in this project.