Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 135, Issue 1, 2022

Abstract Continuity at the sanctuary of Asklepios in Epidauros. Exploring ideas of decline after 146 BC After Rome defeated the Achaean League in 146 BC, Rome’s interactions in Greece changed, with more direct contact with Greek poleis and their sanctuaries. For Epidauros, a polis in the Argolid with a famous sanctuary to Asklepios, it has been argued that this was a period of decline. The sanctuary was in decay, accordin Read More

Abstract ‘To get information about the Germans’. Women as spies and messengers in the Flemish Revolt (1488-9) Women played a crucial role in 1488-9 during the war of the Flemish cities against Maximilian of Austria, the regent of count Philip the Fair. They were key figures in communication networks, carrying letters between different cities and their militias. Moreover, as spies they also provided intelligence o Read More

Abstract The administrative concealment of the fate of the persecuted Jews in the Netherlands The National Socialist regime abused the existing bureaucracy to register, disenfranchise, and destroy its ideological opponents. The secrecy of this operation concealed the real fate of Jews and political opponents. This article analyses from the victim data perspective the role of those agencies in the occupied Netherlands that pr Read More

Abstract What is critical thinking? A research agenda for historians of the humanities How can historians of the humanities do justice to the complexities of their subject while at the same time contributing to current debate about the future of the humanities? This essay argues that a history of critical thinking, focused on the characteristics of a ‘critical thinker’, may meet both requirements. Drawing on case studies fr Read More

Abstract The Sixties as turning point in the histoire croisée of the Low Countries While comparative and transnational approaches are now dominant historiographical trends, there is currently little interest in an integrated approach to the modern history of Belgium and the Netherlands. This is all the more remarkable, since such an integral approach to the history of the Low Countries prevailed until the 1970s, despite th Read More