Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 128, Issue 2, 2015

Abstract Anything on your mind? Ancient Greece as an uncertainty society This article outlines a number of issues specific to uncertainty management in the ancient Greek world (c. 800 BC – c. 150 BC) and the modern Western world – and juxtaposes the two where suitable, illuminating a number of aspects peculiar to Greek divination. The ancient Greek turned towards his gods for qualitative data: perceived Read More

Abstract Drying Irish tears. Transnational solidarity and local politics in Zeeland, 1641-1644 This article shows how a local consistory from the province of Zeeland, driven by Calvinist loyalty and concern about the national church and state caused by the outbreak of the First English Civil War, laid the foundation for a charitable collection for Irish Protestants. It reviews the effectiveness of transnational Calvinist networks in Read More

AbstractConsensus between North and South. The commission of higher education of 1828 versus the universitiesAt first sight the report of the commission on higher education of 1828 gives the impression of adopting the views of the Northern universities of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. However, when analysing the recommendations to the commission more carefully, we get another picture. The traditional Read More

Abstract The right to historical criticism. The Heiligerlee Debate (1868-1869) and the professionalization of Dutch historiography The controversial celebration in 1868 of the 300-year anniversary of the Battle of Heiligerlee, the first Dutch victory against Spanish troops in the Dutch Revolt, led to a historical debate between Robert Fruin, Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, and Willem Nuyens. While historians have described this Heili Read More

Abstract A small parade towards the Great War. The cultural militarization of Remembrance Day in Belgium, 1870-1914 This paper presents a new perspective on Belgian civil-military relations in the decades before World War One. ‘Brave little Belgium’ played a central role in the war effort, but it is seldom connected to pre-war militarization in western Europe. On the contrary, Belgium has been categorized as an antimilitaristic Read More