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    The vroedschap (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvrutsxɑp]) was the name for the (all male) city council in the early modern Netherlands; the member of such a council...
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    attempted to organise an overthrow of various municipal governments (vroedschap). The goal was to oust government officials and force new elections. "Seen...
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    strife diminished. From 1678 to 1711 Callenburgh was a member of the vroedschap (town council) of Vlaardingen and often was chosen to be one of the burgomasters...
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    direct negotiations with the vroedschap. The Constituted soon set themselves up as a rival power center to the vroedschap, and started acting like the...
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  • mostly for his important work on the history of Amsterdam's regency ("Vroedschap van Amsterdam"). He is considered the father of genealogical research...
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    nominees were usually members of the vroedschap, though this was not a formal requirement for office. Members of the vroedschap were usually also the representatives...
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    States-Army troops to Hattem and Elburg to overthrow the cities' Patriot vroedschap, despite the defense by Patriot Free Corps, organised by Herman Willem...
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    Kleine zaken). In 1634 he succeeded his father-in-law as a member of the vroedschap (city council). In 1637, 1640, 1642, 1645, 1646, 1648 and 1649 he was...
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    anarchist Johan Engelbert Elias (1895–1959), Dutch historian, also known as Vroedschap van Amsterdam John Elias (1775–1841), Christian preacher in Wales John...
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    prins van Nassau ... By Jan Will van Sypesteyn, pp. 240 and following De vroedschap van Amsterdam 1578–1795, book 1, by Johan Engelbert Elias Israel 1995...
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    (2019) Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 176/177 Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel...
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    Haag Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 520 Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel...
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    of Rotterdam was soon engulfed in orange banners and cockades and the vroedschap was forced to propose the restoration of the stadtholderate in Holland...
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    and between 1656 and the year of his death in 1661 he was part of the Vroedschap. Between 1658 and also 1661, he was a councilor to the Admiraliteit van...
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    Tree Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 274 Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel...
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    previous year continued in office. The list is compiled by the Vroedschap.: 97–98  The Vroedschap, or city council (the modern equivalent in The Netherlands...
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    Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 42 Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, p 174 De Vroedschap van Amsterdam...
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    manor also gave the holder the right to appoint half of the Vlaardingen vroedschap (council), which was resented by some as the van Ruytenburchs were considered...
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    Cornelisdr Boelens. After the Alteratie, Boelens Loen became a member of the Vroedschap in 1579 and Schepen of the city of Amsterdam in 1581. He was a trusted...
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    offices in Amsterdam: commissioner in 1757, schepen 1761, councilor in the vroedschap 1768, hoofdofficier (public prosecutor) 1769–1781, burgemeester in 1784...
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    going into politics in 1659, when he became a member of the Rotterdam vroedschap. In May 1666 he was appointed a member of the Gecommitteerde Raden (Committed...
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    Geelvinck and grandson of Cornelis Geelvinck and, following them into the vroedschap, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company and member of...
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    his own commemorative medal to celebrate 50 years in the service of the vroedschap of Haarlem in 1743, Jan van Dyck, and Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn...
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    Petersen at Dansk Biografisk Leksikon - lex.dk Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 362 www.tore-nygaard.com, Maritte...
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    reshipped herring, oil and grain. In 1584, he became a member of the vroedschap, in which he remained until its final session. In 1588, he was chosen...
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    Dutch East Indies Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658), member of the Amsterdam Vroedschap, art collector, owner of the Reynst collection from which the Dutch Gift...
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    children, including the diplomat and burgomaster Coenraad van Beuningen. De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795 "De werken van Vondel. Deel 3. 1627-1640", Digitale...
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    Seven Years War, p. 110 J. Elias, p. 943 J. Jonker, p. 119 Elias, J. De vroedschap van Amsterdam, p. 1061 That Abominable Nest of Pirates St. Eustatius and...
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    (2001) Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel 1, p 347 Johan Engelbert Elias, De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795, Deel...
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    in canon and civil law. In 1646 he became Schepen and a member of the Vroedschap of Amsterdam, a position he retained until 1650. For the first two decades...
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