A State Beheaded: The Political Fall of Land’s Advocate Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
400 years ago Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was beheaded.
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4 ResultsHow Even William the Silent Could Not Hold the Netherlands Together
Why did William the Silent not become the Father of the United Netherlands after all? René van Stipriaan explains this in this piece written exclusively for us.
Leonore Spee: Sleeping In State
Leonore Spee took her inspiration for a short story from the model of a life-size marble statue of William of Orange.
Orange: a Colour that Unites and Divides
Have you ever wondered why orange is the colour of the Netherlands? You find the answer in the sixteenth century.
