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oa Eduard Gerdes ‘bezoekt’ huizen van barmhartigheid
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800, Volume 44, Issue 95, dec. 2021, p. 133 - 145
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- 01 dec. 2021
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Abstract
Eduard Gerdes’ visits of charity homes
One of the most prolific Dutch authors of the nineteenth century is Eduard Gerdes (1821-1898). In an impressive study Christian Philanthropy in the Netherlands. Travel Reminiscences (1880) he presents himself as a visiting investigator of Dutch Christian charitable institutions. In this article his travels are reviewed with as conclusions: (1) ‘Christian’ in the title of the book means ‘orthodox Protestant’, and (2) the reminiscences are partly fictional.
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