Amsterdam, in de late middeleeuwen nog een onbeduidend stadje, groeide in de zeventiende eeuw uit tot een metro pool. De macht, welvaart en kunst zin van Amsterdam konden wedijveren met die van Londen en Venetië. De Nederlandse Gouden Eeuw is vooral de Gouden Eeuw van Amsterdam.…
Documentatie in woord en beeld over ruim dertig boeken en handschriften uit de met name Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw die de Amsterdamse Universiteitsbibliotheek werden geschonken door het Dr. Th. J. Steenbergen Fonds.
Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realisation, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. I…
Amsterdam's reputation as a city of prostitutes is age-old. 'The Burgher and the Whore' is the story of the red light district's 'golden age', bringing to life the relationships between men and women and providing a fascinating account of what it was like to inhabit the greatest…
Amsterdam's reputation as a city of prostitutes is age-old. 'The Burgher and the Whore' is the story of the red light district's 'golden age', bringing to life the relationships between men and women and providing a fascinating account of what it was like to inhabit the greatest…
