Leidse wevershuizen in seriebouw. Een materiële getuigenis van 'projectontwikkeling' in de Gouden Eeuw

Roman Provinces, Middle Ages and Modern Perio

Gender and the geography of crime in nineteenth-century Leiden and Amsterdam

This article builds on recent calls in urban and gender history for a better understanding of the interaction between gender and the urban environment. Its focus is on male and female offending behaviours and their relation to the urban space, specifically the spaces shared by women and men: the home, the street outside of their house, and the main thoroughfares. The article aims to shed light on common practices and understandings between men and women, while highlighting potential differences. The analysis is based on the mapping of offending behaviours recorded by Leiden police court and Amsterdam correctional court in the second half of the nineteenth century. In part, the article confirms what other historians have already shown: women were on average accused of committing an offence closer to their home than men, but they were also very much present in the streets around their house. But the data presented also shows that women and men were more or less mobile according to the time of day, that they shared a common understanding of what their neighbourhood represented, and that work was an important reason why women would commute outside of their neighbourhood. Overall, the article confirms the value of a nuanced view of gender and the use of the urban space.Roman Provinces, Middle Ages and Modern Perio

Cesspits and the P-P-P-P-problem: The pitfall of the Pompeii premise and the palimpsest

Roman Provinces, Middle Ages and Modern Perio

The Dutch Great Stink: The End of the Cesspit Era in the Pre-Industrial Towns of Leiden and Haarlem

Provincial Roman and Medieval Archaeology, colonial expansio

De valkuilen van de historische sensatie Een pleidooi voor nuchter ‘getrennt marschieren’ inzake archeologisch-historische contradicties

The Danger of Historical Sensation: A Plea for a Sober ‘getrennt marschieren’ regarding Archaeological-Historical ContradictionsThree issues will be discussed in this article – the castle of Amsterdam (1994-1995), the mikveh of Venlo and the King’s tomb of Middelburg – where initially a tangible archaeological find seems to support a spectacular historical theory. On closer inspection, the combination of archaeological and historical sources has not rendered conclusive interdisciplinary evidence, but only generated castles in the air, fairy tales or at least a version of the past that fails to do justice to both disciplines. These issues are reason to highlight four methodological rules of thumb concerning historical-archaeological research. In order to prevent collective disillusionment, the most self-evident is to stay sober and down-to-earth and not to get stuck in a stage of enthusiastic intoxication or haze of ‘historical sensation’. Particularly in the case of fascinating historical-archaeological challenges this is a pitfall into which even very experienced researchers risk falling. This article is part of the discussion forum 'At the Meeting Point of Historical Disciplines'.In dit artikel worden drie kwesties besproken – het kasteel van Amsterdam (1994-1995), de mikwe van Venlo (2004-2014) en het koningsgraf van Willem II in Middelburg – waarbij een tastbare archeologische vondst aanvankelijk een sensationele historische theorie leek te ondersteunen. De combinatie van archeologische en historische bronnen bleek bij nader inzien geen sluitend interdisciplinair bewijs te leveren, maar slechts luchtkastelen, sprookjes of in elk geval een versie van het verleden die aan geen van beide disciplines recht deed. Deze kwesties zijn aanleiding om vier methodische vuistregels inzake historischarcheologisch onderzoek voor het voetlicht te brengen. Het meest voor de hand liggend om een collectieve maatschappelijke kater te voorkomen is nuchter blijven en niet in de enthousiasmerende dronkenschap of roes van historische sensatie meegesleurd te worden. Juist bij fascinerende historisch-archeologische vraagstukken, is dat een valkuil waar ook zeer geoefende onderzoekers met open ogen in kunnen lopen. Dit artikel maakt deel uit van het discussiedossier 'Op het raakvlak van historische disciplines'.</p

The ‘Great Sanitary Awakening’ Questioned: Is There a Solid Argument in Favour of the ‘Filthy Medieval City’ Hypothesis?

Provincial Roman and Medieval Archaeology, colonial expansio

Zet CO2-reductie bovenaan elke agenda in het hoger onderwijs

Roman Provinces, Middle Ages and Modern Perio

Review of S. Ostkamp, Mealtimes: Dining and manners in the late Middle Ages: The Aad Penders collection, 2013/Mealtimes. Dining and manners in the Late Middle Ages; The Aad Penders collection)

Provincial Roman and Medieval Archaeology, colonial expansio

Was de middeleeuwse stad vies?

Provincial Roman and Medieval Archaeology, colonial expansio