Category: Professionals and the People
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On 24 September 2026, dr. Maurits den Hollander organised a seminar titled ‘The City as Space. ‘Spatializing’ History and Future of Urban Law and Governance?’ at Tilburg Law School. Dr. Marco in ‘t Veld and prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher were also among the speakers. Together with specialists of law and public governance, we reflected…
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From 2-5 September 2026, our team joined the 17th Conference of the European Association for Urban History. This edition was organised in the beautiful city of Barcelona, with as main theme “City Networks of Europe and Beyond”. This topic closely connects to the idea of ‘Multilevel Governance in Premodern Cities of Commerce’ that we develop…
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In June 2026, Brepols published a monograph by dr. Christian Manger as part of the series Studies in European Urban History. Councils, Conflicts, Correspondence. Urban Diplomacy in Reval (Tallinn) and Lübeck (c. 1470–1570) examines how the magistrates of the Hanseatic towns Lübeck and Reval managed conflicts which exceeded the formal limits of their own jurisdiction…
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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.…
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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…
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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.…