Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 124, Issue 3, 2011

The Roman general Germanicus (15 BCE-19 CE) gained unprecedented popularity during his lifetime. However, in dealing with the mutiny of the Rhine armies in 14 CE he did not show the determination which his popularity might lead us to expect. His campaigns against a German alliance led by Arminius can hardly be described as successful, and never resulted in the permanent subjection of Germany. Germanicus took sever Read More

Until now there have been few studies on cultural policy in Belgium during the nineteenth century. This can be attributed to a number of persistent misconceptions about this period, not least the misconception that the interest of central government in matters of culture began only in the twentieth century. But in fact a closer look at the budgets of the central government at the end of the nineteenth century shows us that l Read More

During the South African War (1899-1902) the public in the Netherlands strongly supported the Boer republics in their fight against the British. This enthusiasm was based on feelings of racial and cultural kinship – the so-called ideal of stamverwantschap. At first sight it appears that this ideology disappeared after 1902 and that the gap between the people of the Netherlands and the Afrikaners grew over the course of the twentie Read More

The arrival of the black descendants of enslaved people from the Dutch colonies brought an increase in research into the history of slavery. But most of these studies fail to describe the period of Apprenticeship in Suriname - a period of enforced labour for agricultural export. Since there is no systematic historiography on the writing of the history of slavery, we have little insight into why historians failed in this way. This articl Read More

Owing to the Intangible Heritage Convention of UNESCO, the concept of intangible heritage has come to the forefront of the international cultural debate on heritage and identity. It coincides with a more general awareness of the so-called softer sides of heritage, with more attention to identity processes, meaning, and experience, sometimes labeled ‘the emotional turn’. UNESCO has adopted a bottom-up approach. Local com Read More

Heritage education has recently become a distinct type of teaching and learning. Heritage organizations argue that monuments, relics, and other remains offer young people a sensory experience and stimulate emotional engagement with the past. This approach, however, seems contrary to the goals of history teaching in the Netherlands, which requires the application of historical thinking. In this article we first assess the Dut Read More