Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 128, Issue 3, 2015

Abstract Gender biases and the census of the Roman citizens The Roman census figures are a fundamental source of demographic information for the classical world. Since the nineteenth century historical demographers have used these figures to calculate the number of Roman citizens. The resulting population figures, however, vary considerably between different interpretations. This article aims to show that the numerical d Read More

AbstractBeyond 1968 historiography? New perspectives on international solidarity movements during the Cold War. Critical reflections and comments from BelgiumTo date, accounts of international solidarity movements on behalf of the Third World have remained strongly embedded in 1968 historiography: 1968 studies have understood these movements as a reaction against the Cold War, rather than as a part of it. Thi Read More

Abstract Defence reforms in the seventies. The ‘crisis of the Generals’ The first signs of détente combined with the fresh memory of the Prague Spring led to disagreement over defence policy in Dutch politics at the end of the 1960s. It was in this turbulent period that political and military leaders had to cope with financial problems. Three fully-fledged military branches (Navy, Army, and Air Force) could not be sustained. R Read More

Abstract Parliamentarism – the flipside of Europe. The Dutch Parliament and democratic control over the EU Today, voters and public opinion eye politics with mounting scepticism – politics in general and European politics in particular. The intertwining of domestic and foreign policies, multilayered governance, and the emergence of the European Parliament as a second representative body for (Dutch) citizens are typic Read More

Abstract Grand Départ. New challenges for sports history in the Netherlands This article is about Dutch historiography in sports history. What developments, debates, and controversies characterise this historiography? What is the meaning of foreign and interdisciplinary developments for this field of history? And, finally, where is Dutch historiography to be situated? Until recently Dutch sports historiography, publications, a Read More