ABSTRACT
During much of the twentieth century Dutch academia was only mildly interested in the history and culture of its peasants and fisher folk. From the early twentieth century on, Dutch ethnologists tended to regard German folklore studies as their scholarly frame of reference. Generally, Dutch national consciousness remained grafted onto the seventeenth century, on the Dutch Golden Age. Despite Knappert's interest in British folklore studies, Dutch ethnologists would follow their German colleagues. In keeping with contemporary views, Schrijnen largely interpreted Dutch folk culture in terms of Germanic continuity. The music to some of these silent movies was written by the German-Dutch composer Julius Rntgen. The Dutch were believed to have emerged from an amalgamate of Germanic tribes, of which the Batavians were regarded as the most prominent. In the Batavians uprising against the Romans in 69 AD an analogy was found to the Dutch revolt against Spain.
