📚 New Book: 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲. 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺’𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 Step inside one of Amsterdam’s most iconic buildings and discover its hidden past! 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 unveils the fascinating history of the Royal Palace on Dam Square – originally built as Amsterdam’s City Hall during the Dutch Golden Age. Far from today’s serene marble halls, it…

🌐 As part of our research project on multilevel governance in medieval and early modern commercial cities, Maurits den Hollander and I are expanding our website with a series of short vignettes on the legal histories of key trading hubs. In each of these introductions we explore the organisation of urban governance in relation to…

The city of Amsterdam occupies a prominent role in our research. Two of our team members completed their PhD’s at the UvA, while both principal investigators used the city as case study for our own doctoral dissertations. Libraries have been written about the rise of the city on the Amstel as a global economic power.…