Amsterdam: Miracles, Money, and Mud (TRIH eps 351-352)
1632 · Resource
This episode is a guided historical tour of Amsterdam, tracing its rise in the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age — the building of the ring canals, merchant townhouses and civic pride — and the political tensions between republican city elites (the De Graeffs and the De Witts) and the stadtholders of the House of Orange. The hosts discuss cultural achievements (Rembrandt, Vermeer), Amsterdam’s role as a publishing and intellectual refuge (Spinoza, Menasseh ben Israel), and the global reach of Dut...
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- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
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