Dutch literature
Also known as: Netherlandic literature
Dutch literature, the body of written works in the Dutch language as spoken in the Netherlands and northern Belgium. The Dutch-language literature of Belgium is treated in Belgian literature. Of the earliest inhabitants of the Netherlands, only the Frisians have survived, and they have maintained a separate language and literature since the 8th century. The remainder of the Netherlands was colonized by the Saxons and Franks between the 3rd and 9th centuries, resulting in a predominantly Frankish culture in the south and Saxon or an amalgam of Saxon and Frankish language and culture elsewhere. Under the less nomadic Franks, the ...(100 of 3588 words)
