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)
