Urban Legal History

    Category: Professionals and the People

    • Workshop: Urban Professionals and Commerce in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries

      On Friday 27 March 2026, dr. Maurits den Hollander organised a workshop titled ‘Urban Professionals and Commerce in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries’. Besides the organiser, five speakers presented their draft papers that will be developed into articles for a special issue of the journal TSEG. Ester Zoomer (Tilburg University) and prof. dr.…

    • New article in the IRSH

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      We are excited to announce that a new article by dr. Christian Manger and dr. Maurits den Hollander has just appeared in firstview: “The Value of Work: Petitions and Public Servants in Zwolle, c.1550–1700.” In this article we examine a diverse group of early modern urban public workers – from health and security to education…

    • New Article in BMGN 140-3

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      In the latest issue of BMGN – Low Countries Historical Review, an article by dr. Christian Manger and dr. Maurits den Hollander titled ‘Advisers or Decision-Makers? The Agency of Dutch Urban Administrative Officials, c. 1500-1700’ appeared. It analyses the unique position of secretaries and pensionaries in thegovernments of cities in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century NorthernNetherlands.…