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Amsterdam: A brief life of the city
1300 Amsterdam c. 1575 Amsterdam c. 1650 Amsterdam c. 1980
from Amsterdam: A brief life of the city by Geert Mak
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
This tendency in the coastal areas to deal with problems privately, to tend towards decentralization and a rough kind of democracy, was to form the basis of the administrative tradition which, in the end, would determine Dutch political culture for centuries to come.
from Amsterdam: A brief life of the city by Geert Mak
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
Amsterdam is now situated appeared at the end of the twelfth century, set on a layer of clay formed by the great floods of 1170 and 1173.
from Amsterdam: A brief life of the city by Geert Mak
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago
Amsterdam participated in this, but only with one ship: “the peace cog of Amsterdam
from Amsterdam: A brief life of the city by Geert Mak
Walter Briggs added 3mo ago