Lifestyles, living conditions and employment in uncertain times. Population and employment patterns in Belgium during the 'long, drawn-out nineteenth century', Eric VanhauteIn recent decades, historic-demographic research has asked new questions, used new sources and experimented with new methods. Yet these…

Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch army and the early modern military revolutionSince the 1950s, all studies into warfare during the early modern period have been dominated by the idea of a military revolution. The Dutch army plays a pivotal role…

Response, Clé LesgerIn my book I have linked Amsterdam's remarkable trade expansion to the radical reorientation of the spatial economy in the Low Countries and the collapse of the gateway-system that had been in operation for the greater part of…

Slavery is (Not) Our History: On the Public Debate and Divergent Meanings of theNTR Television Series SlaveryThis article discusses the debates that followed the broadcasting of Dutch NTR-television series Slavery (De Slavernij) in 2011. While the series was aimed at…