Revolt in Amsterdam – Presentation with Machiel Spruijt

Free entrance.

Language: Dutch.

The history of Amsterdam is a history of rebellion and resistance. Break the Canon and travel through the untold history of the city of free Frisians, iconoclasts, Anabaptists, provos, and squatters. This lecture is a journey through 750 years of Amsterdam based on rebellion throughout the centuries. We will search for the common thread in Amsterdam’s history and the importance of rebellion, revolt, and individuality. What exactly is revolt? And what makes Amsterdam unique when it comes to revolt and resistance? Is Amsterdam really unique? Perhaps we will find the answers in the appellants’ revolt, the tenants’ revolt, or the women’s revolt...

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