Crewing the Galleys to Turkey: Forced Labour in the Fifteenth-Century Low Countries

In 1464, twenty-five men were sentenced to penal labour on the galleys by the reeve of the bailiwick (meierij) of ’s-Hertogenbosch in Brabant. Who were these men and how did they meet this fate?

Claire Weeda • January 07, 2022

Dune protection and “environmental law” in late medieval Zeeland

This blog post provides examples of coastal conservation and protection acts from late medieval Zeeland which challenge the idea that regulating environmental damage is a modern concept.

Peter Alexander Kerkhof • November 27, 2020

De hand van de Oldenzaalse glazenier

Tegen de kloostermuren van het Agnesklooster in Oldenzaal werd in 1996 een kuil aangetroffen die was gevuld met een kuub gebrandschilderd en onbeschilderd vlakglas uit de 14de - 17de eeuw. Het blijkt een kuil met productieafval van een glazenier.

Jacobine Melis • November 13, 2020

Why did Antonio de Nebrija draw faces into a Dutch book from 1480?

The humanist Antonio de Nebrija (c. 1444-d.1522) was a serious scholar, renowned for his work on the Spanish language. His hidden talent for drawing expressive faces, however, is less well known.

Anna Dlabacová • August 21, 2020

Van Blaffert naar Flappaert

Over boekdrukkunst en de mislukking van een administratief experiment in Gouda (1490-1500).

Robert Stein • May 15, 2020

It’s all in the family

In fifteenth century Guelders (grosso modo modern day Gelderland), the brothers of duke Arnold preyed on each other’s property – former princely possessions given to them – and took different sides in the civil war between the duke and his son.

Jaap Ligthart • March 30, 2018

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