During the Revolt, the Protestant rulers banned any form of open confession of faith for Catholics. For the first time, it was investigated how they experienced this in their daily lives. Around 1580, Catholics in the Republic lost the right to practice their religion publicly, on pain of fines, im
450 years ago the Eighty Years War broke out:a reason for the Rijksmuseum to dedicate an exhibition to this. The makers tell the story of the emergence of an independent country. But initially this independence was not the intention at all. When you enter the exhibition space of the Rijksmuseum, on
There are approximately 700 museums in the Netherlands according to the definition of the Central Bureau of Statistics, which in short means:a museum has a building containing a collection that is regularly opened to the public. The oldest museum in the Netherlands is the Teylers Museum, but is ther
Since last Friday, the Netherlands has a new geological map for the first time in 43 years. What is on such a card, what should you do with it, and why would you renew it? NEMO Kennislink attended the unveiling at the anniversary of the Geological Survey. Do you want to gain energy, find drinking w
About 60,000 Dutch people fled the country during the Revolt. A large part of them ended up in the German Rhineland. They built their refugee churches there and radicalized, according to the current theory. New research shows that radicalization was not that bad. The research has not yet been compl
Last week, Queen Máxima opened the Asian Library in Leidens Pieterskerk:a separate department of the university library with over thirty kilometers of books and manuscripts from Asia. This makes it one of the largest Asia collections worldwide. NEMO Kennislink was present at the opening and took a l
The early Middle Ages were centuries of progress, in which peoples across Europe exchanged knowledge and goods. This is just not the image we have of this time, and the Allard Pierson Museum wanted to do something about it. After the Western Roman Empire fell into decline, cultures in other places
Its Princes Day again. The discussions in the House of Representatives always receive a lot of attention on TV afterwards. However, Dutch politicians are rarely compelling orators. This has always been the case. There is a cliché that the Dutch cannot speak. Look at the British or the French:what a
On September 14, 1867, exactly 150 years ago, the first volume of Karl Marxs Capital was published. Capital is one of the most influential books in world history. A unique copy of the first edition, in which Marx himself made corrections and notes in the margin, is now available fully digitized. Ka
A woman was found in the famous Viking grave in Birka, Sweden, according to DNA research. According to scientists, the woman was even an officer, because of the many weapons in the grave. Have we been blind to women on the battlefield for too long or are we too eager for them to exist? Archaeologis
On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists attacked New Yorks Twin Towers. The United States then embarked on a “War on Terror” similar to seventeenth-century politics. France was then the superpower that went on the attack out of fear. The biggest enemy was the Netherlands. Security checks at US a
Neanderthals already made glue from birch tar 200 thousand years ago, but how? Archaeologists have shown that Neanderthals could extract useful amounts of tar from the bark of birch trees. Even if they messed around a bit… We already knew that Neanderthals could make tar. But archaeologists thought
Although Indonesia had been independent from 1949, the Dutch government held on to New Guinea until 1962. The frustrations about the loss of Indonesia are said to be the reason for this frenzied policy. Bart Stol now proves the opposite in his dissertation. New Guinea was part of our paradisiacal a
Sanskrit is the basis of many European languages. But the many fables and myths recorded in Sanskrit also permeated Western storytelling culture. An exhibition by Leiden University Library shows how closely this language and culture are intertwined. Most people know Sanskrit as a mystical language
For the first time, the women in Mondrians life have been brought together in a well-arranged book. In this way it becomes clear what important role they have played in the life of the artist. How famous would he have been without them? This year it is 100 years ago that the modern art movement De
Himmlers Secret Deal is an intriguing book, but with a misleading title. Himmler plays an important supporting role and not the main role. This book is especially interesting if you are interested in the stories behind various rescue operations to save Jews during World War II. Triggered by the tit
The Maritime Museum is currently showing an exhibition about a world map from 1648. Guest curator Djoeke van Netten explains what is so special about this map. “He makes the room on his own, with ease.” The printed world map of the famous cartographer Joan Blaeu was part of the permanent collection
We often study Dutch history from the seventeenth century from Dutch sources. Recently an untranslated book by a senior Portuguese soldier about the war with the Dutch in Brazil was published. This offers an interesting, different view. In the newspapers from 1638, the Dutch read how Johan Maurits
Songs that share a common melody belong to the same melody family. Berit Janssen conducted research at the Meertens Institute into families of melodies in the Liederbank. She developed a computer program to detect recurring elements in melodies. Whoever searches for There was a girl in the Netherla
Medieval books often contain the most beautiful and colorful pictures. These miniatures have been extensively researched for the first time and are the subject of a new exhibition. Medieval books, written on parchment, were expensive. The making process took a lot of time and the materials used wer
How can more than forty years of everyday life and the history of a city be captured in the photographic lens? And how can an exhibition awaken memories, give a new breath and revive an entire city after a century? A tour of the exhibition-tribute to Volio photographer Kostas Zimmeris at the Museu
On May 10, Nazi troops entered Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, heading straight into the very heart of France. This was the moment the entire Polish underground was waiting for. The combined forces of the Allies were to be a power that would crush the attacker and either defeat the Third Re
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How did a small island nation conquer as much as a quarter of the globe? How did he manage to subdue the nations of five continents? The British Empire was the greatest power of the modern West when the United States was still in its infancy. The foundations for British domination in the oceans were