Amsterdam History
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"Le territoire d’Amsterdam a plus que quintuplé entre 1585 et 1663. Cette croissance a, au travers des siècles, attiré l’attention des historiens comme des urbanistes. Ils ont passé au crible fin le développement de la ville au XVIIe... more
Jacob van Ruisdael's dramatic landsape paintings, in particular his wild waterfalls, were already cherished by his contemporaries. They seem like a faithful representation of reality, especially the depictions of Castle Bentheim which he... more
This article discusses the first series of performances of Joost van den Vondel’s Brothers in Amsterdam in 1641. The drama focuses on the heart-rending decision king David has to take to follow God’s will to ratify the executions of... more
Afro-Amsterdam was not like what you think it was! During the 17th century, the African community lived amicably with the white community in the neighborhood where Rembrandt's home was located. Amsterdam's Rembranthuis museum opens up an... more
Report on the pre-cadastral expansion possibilities for address and house number reconstruction within the Amsterdam Time Machine infrastructure, departing from the cadastre of 1832, both back in time to 1647 and back to 1943.
In the early modern town, the public peace was not simply kept by one institution. Individual citizens, corporations and (semi-)governmental bodies all policed the early modern city. I will analyze the transition of the traditional system... more
Op 27 mei 1934 overleed in Amsterdam Meijer Linnewiel, beter bekend als ‘meester Kokadorus’ of ‘professor Kokadorus’ (Cocadorus). Hij was ‘de koning der standwerkers’, bekend om zijn politieke commentaren en gevatheden. Hij was wat men... more
Between 1585 and 1663, during Amsterdam’s Golden Age, the city’s built-up area increased by more than fivefold. This growth over the centuries captured the attention of historians and city planners who analysed Amsterdam’s development... more
"The increase in the population of Amsterdam and its economy led in the seventeenth century to expansion on an unprecedented scale. In the years 1585-1680 the population grew by a factor of eight and the builtup area by a factor of five.... more
Seminar paper as part of the Masters program in Information amd Library Sciences at the The David Yellin College in Jerusalem, Israel. The paper surveys a selection of the Hebrew books published in Amsterdam during the 17th and 18th... more
Merchant diasporas have long attracted the attention of scholars through the narrow prisms of 'nations' and states. The history of Amsterdam's Greek Orthodox merchants, together with the other cases—who left the Ottoman Empire in the... more
Artis was de tweede wetenschappelijke dierentuin van Europa. Sinds de oprichting in 1838 waren kunst en dieren nauw met elkaar verbonden: de Natuur was de leermeesteres van de Kunst.
The Amsterdam Red Light District is locally and internationally significant as one of the oldest venues for visible and legal urban prostitution. Internationally it is perceived as a free-for-all zone of entertainment, a kind of ‘theme... more
An analysis on the idea of "happiness" during 18th in the European culture thorugh the image of the Dutch society as "happy society". With particular regard to the urban history of Amsterdam as example of city of happiness and to the... more
This year marks the quadricentenary of the first confirmed European arrival in Western Australia. On 25 October 1616, Dutch skipper Dirk Hartog and his crew landed at the northern tip of the island now named Dirk Hartog, in Shark Bay.... more
This thesis is an inquiry into the supposed imperialistic and nationalist aspect of nineteenth century zoological societies. By comparing three of the oldest zoological societies, the aim is to get a full view on how these institutions... more
A master thesis researching life of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam. I discuss their differences and similarities by answering questions like: Did the different communities feel they were part of one big Jewish community, or... more
"La diáspora sefardí a partir de 1492: exiliados, cristianos nuevos y judíos nuevos", en La influencia sefardí en los Estados Unidos, Madrid, Ministerio de Industria, Economía y Competitividad, 2017, pp. 11-34. Panorámica sobre la... more
In de archeologie zijn lakenloden één van de minst begrepen en meest ondergewaardeerde voorwerpen. Hoewel er vele lakenloden worden aangetroffen op allerhande opgravingen, wordt aan deze kleinoden maar weinig aandacht besteed. Lakenloden... more
After 89 years of prohibiting brothels, the Netherlands legalized prostitution in 2000. The legislations of both 1911 and 2000 did not only mark the beginning of a new phase of in/formalizing prostitution and the spatial-institutional... more
Spreektekst van een presentatie van 5 minuten over Zwart Amsterdam in het midden van Zeventiende Eeuw. Symposium "Zwart Nederland" in Leiden, 8 oktober 2016.
Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-1878) was een telg uit een familie van doopsgezinde assuradeurs, die een eeuw lang een toonaangevende rol speelde in het Amsterdamse culturele leven. Evenals zijn oudoom Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1735-1833) en vader Jacob... more
Proses integrasi Eropa menjadi Uni Eropa telah melalui berbagai perjanjian yang saling melengkapi satu sama lain. Perjanjian yang ikut berperan penting dalam perkembangan Uni Eropa adalah Perjanjian Schengen, Maastricht dan Amsterdam.... more
From pigsties to palazzi: The demolition of the medieval town wall of Amsterdam and its effects on the use of urban space City plans from around 1600 represent Amsterdam with a double ring of fortifications. Inside the... more
In today’s world, where technology is growing at a rapid speed, making way for futuristic products, services and new findings. These are in most cases sparked by an idea which is clearly thought out and put through a decision making... more
Collectors of curiosities gained deep knowledge of their naturalia while cleaning, embellishing, positioning, arranging and maintaining the objects they had so onerous obtained. The essay ‘Art opens the Book of Nature’ in the catalogue... more
This fifth and last installment of D. C. Meijer Jr.’s article on Amsterdam civic guard portraits focuses on works by Govert Flinck (Oud Holland 7 1889]: 45–60). Meijer’s article was originally published in five installments in the first... more
Two years ago I discovered the Portrait of an Unknown Man by Constantin Netscher, in the collections of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In this article I show that this could well be an unknown portrait of Peter the Great... more
In dit artikel staan een schatvondst en enkele losse vondsten uit Amsterdam centraal, van zogeheten maravedis. Over deze Spaanse munten is in Nederland nauwelijks geschreven, terwijl deze wel geregeld worden gevonden.
Countless are the chapels, churches, synagogues, mosques and palaces modelled on an idea of what the Temple of Solomon looked like, measured or meant. The Reformed Christians of the Dutch Republic were just as susceptible to the sacred... more
Indice del volume I. InEuropa p.3 II. Continuità e discontinuità nelle strategie urbane p. 11 III. Lacartografia: utilità, tecnica, bellezza e propaganda p.18 IV. Città barocca, città moderna p.22... more
A first research into the art market of sculptors in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century. Goal of this research paper was to build a database of sculptors active in this city and period and to make a first analysis of the data found.