Heaven's Wrath: The Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic World

<p><b><i>Heaven's Wrath</i></b><b> explores the religious thought and religious rites of the early Dutch Atlantic world.</b> D. L. Noorlander argues that the Reformed Church and the West India Company forged and maintained a close union, with considerable consequences across the seventeenth century.</p><p>Noorlander questions the core assumptions about why the Dutch failed to establish a durable empire in America. He downplays the usual commercial explanations and places the focus instead on the tremendous expenses incurred in the Calvinist-backed war and the Reformed Church's meticulous, worried management of colonial affairs. By pinpointing the issues…