To know more about the tulip mania I was able to interview historian Henk Looijesteijn specialist on the Golden age and on the tulip mania. Part one of three.
In this first part of the interviews historian Henk Looijesteijn talks about the events leading up to the independent Dutch republic and the following golden age by the influx of protestant immigrants which boosted developments. In chronological order we follow the development towards the tulip mania. The role of Carolus Clusius with his study of the tulip. An extraordinary flower which can change color but which is diseased.