Een verzameling Nederlandstalige kronieken uit de periode 1500-1850. Het gaat om 204 lokale kronieken, geschreven door particulieren, en bijna 24 miljoen woorden. Ongeveer de helft van deze teksten... Show moreEen verzameling Nederlandstalige kronieken uit de periode 1500-1850. Het gaat om 204 lokale kronieken, geschreven door particulieren, en bijna 24 miljoen woorden. Ongeveer de helft van deze teksten was nog niet eerder gepubliceerd. De manuscripten werden gefotografeerd in 39 archieven en bibliotheken in Nederland en België en vervolgens getranscribeerd - deels met automatische handschriftherkenning - en handmatig geannoteerd door vrijwilligers. De annotaties bevatten onder andere persoons- en plaatsnamen, datums, bronvermeldingen en toeschrijvingen.We publiceren zowel scans als transcripties met diverse zoek- en filteropties.De verzameling kwam tot stand met hulp van De Nederlandse Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL) heel veel vrijwilligers, de medewerking van tientallen archieven en bibliotheken in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Chronicling novelty. New knowledge in the Netherlands, 1500-1850, dat tussen 2018-2023 werd uitgevoerd aan de Universiteit Leiden en de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Deze publicatie kwam tot stand met steun van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), de Gratama-Stichting en het Leids Universitair Fonds (LUF). Show less
The eighteenth-century passion to order and systematize as well as to measure and calculate has been explained as a result of both the Scientific Revolution and the emergence of centralized states.... Show moreThe eighteenth-century passion to order and systematize as well as to measure and calculate has been explained as a result of both the Scientific Revolution and the emergence of centralized states. The first, enabled the new experimental philosophy that quantified the 'sciences', while the latter created the need for statistics (e.g., demographic data). This paper explores the diffusion of the ‘quantifying spirit’ among the wider public in the eighteenth century and offers alternative explanation for the interest of the population at large in structured quantitative data. Using a corpus of 188 handwritten chronicles, produced by a heterogenous group of middle-class authors from the Low Countries, between 1500-1800, it analyses how early modern chroniclers used Western/Hindu-Arabic numerals in their writings, and under which circumstances this changed in the eighteenth century. From the analysis it appears that chroniclers used meteorological measurement and demographic data for different purposes than natural philosophers and (centralized) governments. Moreover, it transpires that the collection of quantitative data was initially stimulated by local governments, subsequently made public by various media, and picked up by the society at large and higher authorities. Show less
The sexual behavior of people in any given society or subculture is guided by certain codes of conduct: written or unwritten rules on how to behave. Cupid on a Leash researches the different codes... Show moreThe sexual behavior of people in any given society or subculture is guided by certain codes of conduct: written or unwritten rules on how to behave. Cupid on a Leash researches the different codes of conduct that guided sexuality in Italy between c. 1450 and 1550. It identifies which codes were present for people of different genders, ages, social classes and sexual orientations. Moreover, the book examines how broadly these codes were shared within the source material, and analyzes the roots and rationalizations of their existence. A wide variety of sources, written by male as well as female authors, is used to analyze these sexual codes of conduct. These sources range from romance epics, novellas, and treatises on love, to sermons, anatomical treatises, and personal correspondence. By revealing the many, often contradictory codes of conduct guiding sexuality, Cupid on a Leash provides insight into the complexities of societal expectations in Renaissance Italy. It studies the arguments that people used to defend sexual codes of conduct, and analyzes the logic behind these arguments, seeking to explain why they were considered so important. Show less
This chapter focuses on translation in the Low Countries from c. 500 CE to 1550 CE. While the focus is on literary translation from Latin and French into Dutch, there is also attention for... Show moreThis chapter focuses on translation in the Low Countries from c. 500 CE to 1550 CE. While the focus is on literary translation from Latin and French into Dutch, there is also attention for translation into French and Latin, devotional and religious texts, practical 'Artes' literature, and the translation of official documents. Show less
Traditional histories of Early Modern trade and trade networks have ignored a potent truth -- that trade, and the networks constructed for the pursuit of this trade, were far more fluid and far... Show moreTraditional histories of Early Modern trade and trade networks have ignored a potent truth -- that trade, and the networks constructed for the pursuit of this trade, were far more fluid and far more open to merchants of varying backgrounds than has heretofore been admitted. It is this idea that undergirds this work. This study shows that economic links between networks comprised of a multiplicity of ethnicities, backgrounds, and/or religions were mutually beneficial and often long-lasting by delving deeply into the networks employed by three Sephardic merchants in Amsterdam between 1595 and 1640 – Manoel Rodrigues Vega, Manoel Carvalho, and Bento Osorio. Show less
