The Ostend Story. Early Tales of the Great Siege and the mediating Role of Henrick van Haestens.
After the famous `Battle of Nieuwpoort` in West Flanders in 1600, another feat of arms was to follow in the same area: the Siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 to 1604. Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Repu... More info
`De vreselijkste aller harpijen`. Pokkenepidemieën en pokkenbestrijding in Nederland in de achttiende en nege...
Eeuwenlang stonden de pokken in de schaduw van andere plagen, maar rond 18OO werden ze volksvijand nummer één. De ontdekking van het pokkenvaccin leverde een belangrijk wapen in de strijd tegen deze plaag. Grootscheepse inentingscampagnes gingen van start om de pokken te bestrijden, desnoods onder d... More info
Thomas Basin (1412-1490), The History of Charles VII and Louis XI.
This `tale of two kings`, a remarkable historiographical achievement, earned Basin the characterisation of "one of the greatest historians of the fifteenth century". More info
Historiography and Humanism in Holland in the age of Erasmus. Aurelius and the Divisiekroniek of 1517.
Biography of Cornelius Aurelius (c. 1460-1531), the praeceptor Erasmi, and analysis of his chief historical work, the so-called Divisiekroniek. More info
VOC. A bibliography of publications relating to the Dutch East India Company: 1602-1800. Edited by P. van der ...
At the height of its power and influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth century the VOC - acronym for the United Netherland East India Company -was the greatest commercial concern in the world. The scope of its activities extended from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan. In some aspects, the Baltic t... More info
New Halos, a Hellenistic Town in Thessalia, Greece.
Archaeological investigation of the Hellenistic city of New Halos, which was strategically built between the foothills of the Óthris mountains and the Pagasitikós gulf, after the Macedonians destroyed Old Halos in 346 BC. More info
