Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 134, Issue 4, 2021

Abstract Duster and Sabre. Civilian Armament, Revolution, and Terror during the Patriot Revolt in Holland, 1786-7 Historians have interpreted the armament of Dutch citizens during the Dutch Patriot Revolt of the 1780s either as a revival of traditional urban militias, or as an essentially symbolic action echoing the classical-republican ideal of the active citizen. This article argues that these interpretations have overlooked the fact Read More

Abstract Orangists vs. Orange. The Struggle for the Orangist Restoration, 1787-8 In the year following the Orangist victory over the Patriots in September 1787 the stadholder faced surprisingly strong opposition not from former Patriots but from his own supporters. This article investigates why this was the case, arguing that after the Patriot defeat the Orangist camp was divided over questions of retribution and reconciliatio Read More

Abstract ‘A rational consideration on the organism of society’. Sam van Houten’s Child Labour Act as an Economic Idea and Political Debate on Social Questions The fight against child labour in the Netherlands, resulting in Van Houtens Child Labor Act in 1874, continues to appeal to the imagination. In the cultural canon of the Netherlands it is one of the fifty key historical facts. This paper shows that the Child Labour Act Read More

Abstract Harm Smeenge’s proximity politics, 1886-1935. Local representation in Dutch national politics Local political ties and direct interactions between representatives and represented have long been, and often still are, portrayed in the Netherlands as characteristics of an archaic politics of notability. In this article the concept of ‘proximity politics’ is introduced in order to reconsider this type of representative relations. The Read More

Abstract An increasingly emotional society? An historical assessment of emotionality in Dutch politics and media, 1945-89 A historiographical consensus seems to exist regarding the development of an ‘emotion culture’ in the Netherlands in the second half of the twentieth century. This process of emotionalisation involves an increase in the public expression and manifestation of emotions from the 1970s onwards. This p Read More