This account details the 17th century career of Jacques Cailhaut de La Tesserie in the service of the Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. The writer hoped to convince his reader to procure for...Show moreThis account details the 17th century career of Jacques Cailhaut de La Tesserie in the service of the Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. The writer hoped to convince his reader to procure for him a position in the new Compagnie française des Indes orientales. From this account, as well as sources in the colonial archives of France, Canada and the Netherlands, a picture can be formed of de La Tesserie as an all-round colonial careerist straddling early modern boundaries. In the span of thirty years he served in such far-flung places as the jungles of Formosa, the empire of Japan, the trading hub of Batavia, the coasts of Persia and India, the Canadian Shield and the Hudson and St. Lawrence river valleys. During this time he fought the Spanish, Chinese and Iroquois, participated in trading ventures across the Chinese Sea and Indian Oceans, was an associate of a pelt-trading consortium in northern Canada and member of the highest governmental organ of French North America, even serving shortly as its governor-general. It is the aim of this paper to bring into focus which factors were present in the decision-making process of de La Tesserie, and to what extent they were significant. To answer the question posed, this work will retell the three distinct phases through which the life of de La Tesserie ran. During each of these phases he attempted to carry through, a choice which would radically alter his life. The first is de La Tesserie joining the VOC, the second is him exchanging the VOC for the colony of Nouvelle- France, and the third is his attempt to join the CFIO. Every choice has been divided into three further parts, each detailing the background in which the choice was made, which factors might have contributed to it, and how the decision eventually played out. Thus a picture is painted of how a young man from France ended up in Canada, with a detour through the Far East.Show less
In deze scriptie zijn de onderwijsrapporten uit 1836-1863 op nationaal en een gedeelte van de rapporten op lokaal niveau vergeleken met de denkbeelden van de Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen,...Show moreIn deze scriptie zijn de onderwijsrapporten uit 1836-1863 op nationaal en een gedeelte van de rapporten op lokaal niveau vergeleken met de denkbeelden van de Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, een belangrijke actor in het publieke debat over onderwijs. De onderwijsvisie die in de rapporten naar voren komt sluit aan bij het Nutsidee: Onderwijs moest zich richten op verstands- en zedelijke ontwikkeling, zodat het onderwijs zou bijdragen aan het ware volksgeluk, waarin veiligheid, welvaart en geluk centraal staan. Daarnaast is de invloed van de diverse besluiten en wetswijzigingen in deze periode bestudeerd. Deze besluiten, die uitmonden in onderwijsvrijheid en een neutrale openbare school, hadden vrij weinig invloed op het uitoefenen van toezicht: De schoolopzieners namen in deze gehele periode een pragmatisch houding aan bij het uitvoeren van hun taken, terwijl het nationale debat en de wetgeving een sterk ideologische lading hadden.Show less
What is war to whom? The troops roaming on Java in the late seventeenth century were of all shapes and colours. Some came from Sulawesi, some from Madura; some were religious others acquisitive....Show moreWhat is war to whom? The troops roaming on Java in the late seventeenth century were of all shapes and colours. Some came from Sulawesi, some from Madura; some were religious others acquisitive. Usually they operated in small units known as war-bands led by a warlord. Despite the differences between these war-bands, many of them did gather and fight under a single banner. Often they hurdled behind overlords -sunans or sultans- who were in need for additional brawn; a competitive market of martial supply and demand resulted. The king with the most men usually won. Even the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was part of this market and relied on indigenous patrol. In 1677, the Company decided to support the Central Javanese realm called Mataram and thus landed in a diplomatic struggle for troops. This thesis wonders how VOC men reported on these warriors and what clues are given of a Javanese military labour market at odds with the European one. The Dutch commanders would soon find out drawing in allies was as important as winning battles; the extent to which they could enter the networks of warlords and rulers thereby determined much of their victory. This thesis tells how far they did in the two chaotic and bloody years of 1677 and 1678.Show less
Vanwege de groeiende onvrede over het functioneren van de Nederlandse democratie begonnen drie politieke partijen midden jaren zestig na te denken over manieren om het evenredige kiesstelsel te...Show moreVanwege de groeiende onvrede over het functioneren van de Nederlandse democratie begonnen drie politieke partijen midden jaren zestig na te denken over manieren om het evenredige kiesstelsel te hervormen. De kiezer invloed geven op de regeringsvorming werd daarbij het uitgangspunt. Men trachtte dit onder meer te bereiken door voor de verkiezingen al een regeerakkoord te sluiten. Dit onderhandelingsresultaat, ook wel het stembusakkoord genoemd, legde de deelnemende partijen, te weten de PvdA, D’66 en PPR, dan aan de kiezer voor. Ondanks dat het instrument de partijen gezamenlijk winst bracht bij de Kamerverkiezingen van ’71 en ’72, raakte het stembusakkoord nadien in de vergetelheid.Show less
