This article focuses on large-scale petitioning campaigns, or petitionnementen as they were
called, organized between 1828 and 1878, including contemporary reflections and debates …

Standard accounts of nineteenth-century anti-slavery movements have depicted a European
continent largely marked by a lack of interest in, or compassion for, the plight of the slaves …

The history of political parties is closely connected to the history of democracy. Modern
parties emerging in the second half of the nineteenth century established a close …

De betekenis van Piet van Eeghen als zakelijke weldoener voor Nederland de
modernisering in de 19e eeuw is nauwelijks te overschatten. Een indrukwekkend portret van …

This chapter engages deeply with the conceptual argument of the book by showing
similarities between the “cultural” and “linguistic” turn in political history and the social …

Alhoewel de negentiende-eeuwse Nederlandse samenleving in die tijd in hoge mate
seksegesegregeerd was, waardoor politiek engagement voor vrouwen verboden was en …

This chapter considers press coverage of intimate partner violence, defined as violence
between courting, cohabiting or separated couples and cases of 'unrequited love'. It might …

Penal Code The Penal Code provided for harsher sentences for assaults if committed
against a parent, but no such distinction was made for assaults committed against a spouse …