Category: urban legal history
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Thursday 11 June 2026, Marco in ‘t Veld and Wenneke Bos held a lecture for the Historische Vereniging Schoonhoven about medieval toll- and staple rights. In this presentation they argued that the medieval staple rights of Dordrecht (established in 1299) were a next step on the escalation latter of toll enforcement. As toll collectors were…
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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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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.…
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🌐 As part of our research project on multilevel governance in medieval and early modern commercial cities, we 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 economy of the…
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Dr. Marco in ‘t Veld (Tilburg University), dr. Bart Holterman (Forschungsstelle für die Geschichte der Hanse und des Ostseeraums), and dr. Maurits den Hollander (Tilburg University) warmly invite all academics interested in medieval river trade in an urban context to submit their paper proposals for our main session (nr. 3) at the EAUH conference in…
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🌐 As part of our research project on multilevel governance in medieval and early modern commercial cities, we 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 economy of the…
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🌐 As part of our research project on multilevel governance in medieval and early modern commercial cities, we 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 economy of the…
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🌐 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…
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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.…