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https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/06/12/leo-belgicus/

I have no great knowledge of cartography, but I nearly always find maps interesting.

#Maps #Art #Cartography #LowCountries #LeoBelgicus #Netherlands #Flanders #17thCentury #EarlyModern #History

https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/06/12/leo-belgicus/

I have no great knowledge of cartography, but I nearly always find maps interesting.

#Maps #Art #Cartography #LowCountries #LeoBelgicus #Netherlands #Flanders #17thCentury #EarlyModern #History

https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/06/12/leo-belgicus/

I have no great knowledge of cartography, but I nearly always find maps interesting.

#Maps #Art #Cartography #LowCountries #LeoBelgicus #Netherlands #Flanders #17thCentury #EarlyModern #History

https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/06/12/leo-belgicus/

I have no great knowledge of cartography, but I nearly always find maps interesting.

#Maps #Art #Cartography #LowCountries #LeoBelgicus #Netherlands #Flanders #17thCentury #EarlyModern #History

https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/06/12/leo-belgicus/

I have no great knowledge of cartography, but I nearly always find maps interesting.

#Maps #Art #Cartography #LowCountries #LeoBelgicus #Netherlands #Flanders #17thCentury #EarlyModern #History

"For this book Coomans spend countless hours exploring records and archives and the result is a book full of often small, personal stories that introduce us to people long gone, names we would never have known if they at one time had not gotten into trouble with the law or had to apply for a permit. But the book also mercilessly destroys those old myths about those dirty middle ages. Well, at least in the low countries.

And even though I, as a Dutch person, rather like the idea that we were somehow special and cleaner than everyone else in Medieval Europe, what this book mentions actually fits what we know about how things were in many other countries and regions."

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/17/book-review-community-urban-health-and-environment-in-the-late-medieval-low-countries-by-janna-coomans/

@histodons @bookstodon #MedievalHistory #hygiene #TheDarkAgesDontExist #FakeHistoryHunter #LowCountries #geschiedenis

"For this book Coomans spend countless hours exploring records and archives and the result is a book full of often small, personal stories that introduce us to people long gone, names we would never have known if they at one time had not gotten into trouble with the law or had to apply for a permit. But the book also mercilessly destroys those old myths about those dirty middle ages. Well, at least in the low countries.

And even though I, as a Dutch person, rather like the idea that we were somehow special and cleaner than everyone else in Medieval Europe, what this book mentions actually fits what we know about how things were in many other countries and regions."

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/17/book-review-community-urban-health-and-environment-in-the-late-medieval-low-countries-by-janna-coomans/

@histodons @bookstodon #MedievalHistory #hygiene #TheDarkAgesDontExist #FakeHistoryHunter #LowCountries #geschiedenis

"For this book Coomans spend countless hours exploring records and archives and the result is a book full of often small, personal stories that introduce us to people long gone, names we would never have known if they at one time had not gotten into trouble with the law or had to apply for a permit. But the book also mercilessly destroys those old myths about those dirty middle ages. Well, at least in the low countries.

And even though I, as a Dutch person, rather like the idea that we were somehow special and cleaner than everyone else in Medieval Europe, what this book mentions actually fits what we know about how things were in many other countries and regions."

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/17/book-review-community-urban-health-and-environment-in-the-late-medieval-low-countries-by-janna-coomans/

@histodons @bookstodon #MedievalHistory #hygiene #TheDarkAgesDontExist #FakeHistoryHunter #LowCountries #geschiedenis

"For this book Coomans spend countless hours exploring records and archives and the result is a book full of often small, personal stories that introduce us to people long gone, names we would never have known if they at one time had not gotten into trouble with the law or had to apply for a permit. But the book also mercilessly destroys those old myths about those dirty middle ages. Well, at least in the low countries.

And even though I, as a Dutch person, rather like the idea that we were somehow special and cleaner than everyone else in Medieval Europe, what this book mentions actually fits what we know about how things were in many other countries and regions."

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/17/book-review-community-urban-health-and-environment-in-the-late-medieval-low-countries-by-janna-coomans/

@histodons @bookstodon #MedievalHistory #hygiene #TheDarkAgesDontExist #FakeHistoryHunter #LowCountries #geschiedenis

"For this book Coomans spend countless hours exploring records and archives and the result is a book full of often small, personal stories that introduce us to people long gone, names we would never have known if they at one time had not gotten into trouble with the law or had to apply for a permit. But the book also mercilessly destroys those old myths about those dirty middle ages. Well, at least in the low countries.

And even though I, as a Dutch person, rather like the idea that we were somehow special and cleaner than everyone else in Medieval Europe, what this book mentions actually fits what we know about how things were in many other countries and regions."

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/17/book-review-community-urban-health-and-environment-in-the-late-medieval-low-countries-by-janna-coomans/

@histodons @bookstodon #MedievalHistory #hygiene #TheDarkAgesDontExist #FakeHistoryHunter #LowCountries #geschiedenis

https://www.europesays.com/uk/334769/ Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden | Genome Biology #AnimalGeneticsAndGenomics #Bioinformatics #EvolutionaryBiology #Flanders #Genetics #HumanGenetics #LowCountries #Medieval #MicrobialGeneticsAndGenomics #Migration #PalaeoGenomics #Plague #PlantGeneticsAndGenomics #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #Urbanization

Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden | Genome Biology

Lawson DJ, Hellenthal G, Myer…
#NewsBeep #News #Genetics #AnimalGeneticsandGenomics #AU #Australia #bioinformatics #EvolutionaryBiology #Flanders #HumanGenetics #Lowcountries #Medieval #MicrobialGeneticsandGenomics #migration #Palaeo-genomics #Plague #PlantGeneticsandGenomics #Science #Urbanization
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/41708/

🧬 **Largest-ever ancient DNA study on a medieval cemetery reveals 1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries**

“_Remarkably, it also uncovered the first direct evidence of the plague in medieval Flanders, at a time when no written sources from the town make mention of the disease._”

🔗 https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/largest-ever-ancient-dna-study-on-a-medieval-cemetery-reveals-1-000-years-of-genetic-history-in-the-low-countries.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Research #News #Ancient #DNA #Palaeogenomics #LowCountries #Medieval #Migration #Plague #Flanders @archaeodons

🧬 **Largest-ever ancient DNA study on a medieval cemetery reveals 1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries**

“_Remarkably, it also uncovered the first direct evidence of the plague in medieval Flanders, at a time when no written sources from the town make mention of the disease._”

🔗 https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/largest-ever-ancient-dna-study-on-a-medieval-cemetery-reveals-1-000-years-of-genetic-history-in-the-low-countries.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Research #News #Ancient #DNA #Palaeogenomics #LowCountries #Medieval #Migration #Plague #Flanders @archaeodons

🧬 **Largest-ever ancient DNA study on a medieval cemetery reveals 1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries**

“_Remarkably, it also uncovered the first direct evidence of the plague in medieval Flanders, at a time when no written sources from the town make mention of the disease._”

🔗 https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/largest-ever-ancient-dna-study-on-a-medieval-cemetery-reveals-1-000-years-of-genetic-history-in-the-low-countries.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Research #News #Ancient #DNA #Palaeogenomics #LowCountries #Medieval #Migration #Plague #Flanders @archaeodons

🧬 **Largest-ever ancient DNA study on a medieval cemetery reveals 1,000 years of genetic history in the Low Countries**

“_Remarkably, it also uncovered the first direct evidence of the plague in medieval Flanders, at a time when no written sources from the town make mention of the disease._”

🔗 https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2025/largest-ever-ancient-dna-study-on-a-medieval-cemetery-reveals-1-000-years-of-genetic-history-in-the-low-countries.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Research #News #Ancient #DNA #Palaeogenomics #LowCountries #Medieval #Migration #Plague #Flanders @archaeodons

the modern dedication to pretending the weather doesn't exist makes me sad.

'but what if it rains?'

then you get wet. welcome to the #LowCountries.

'but what if the weather is so so so bad that it's not safe to be outside?'

then you stay indoors, and ponder why #capitalism wants you to commute through a deadly tempest.

#BanCars #cycling #AntiCapitalism

the modern dedication to pretending the weather doesn't exist makes me sad.

'but what if it rains?'

then you get wet. welcome to the #LowCountries.

'but what if the weather is so so so bad that it's not safe to be outside?'

then you stay indoors, and ponder why #capitalism wants you to commute through a deadly tempest.

#BanCars #cycling #AntiCapitalism

the modern dedication to pretending the weather doesn't exist makes me sad.

'but what if it rains?'

then you get wet. welcome to the #LowCountries.

'but what if the weather is so so so bad that it's not safe to be outside?'

then you stay indoors, and ponder why #capitalism wants you to commute through a deadly tempest.

#BanCars #cycling #AntiCapitalism

the modern dedication to pretending the weather doesn't exist makes me sad.

'but what if it rains?'

then you get wet. welcome to the #LowCountries.

'but what if the weather is so so so bad that it's not safe to be outside?'

then you stay indoors, and ponder why #capitalism wants you to commute through a deadly tempest.

#BanCars #cycling #AntiCapitalism

the modern dedication to pretending the weather doesn't exist makes me sad.

'but what if it rains?'

then you get wet. welcome to the #LowCountries.

'but what if the weather is so so so bad that it's not safe to be outside?'

then you stay indoors, and ponder why #capitalism wants you to commute through a deadly tempest.

#BanCars #cycling #AntiCapitalism

This week I discovered that the Dutch are all fluent in the Beaufort scale. One of them will say something like "the wind's only gonna be at 6 today" and all the others will know exactly what that means (and exactly how hard it is to bike against it on a single-speed). #SocialAnthropology #LowCountries

This week I discovered that the Dutch are all fluent in the Beaufort scale. One of them will say something like "the wind's only gonna be at 6 today" and all the others will know exactly what that means (and exactly how hard it is to bike against it on a single-speed). #SocialAnthropology #LowCountries

This week I discovered that the Dutch are all fluent in the Beaufort scale. One of them will say something like "the wind's only gonna be at 6 today" and all the others will know exactly what that means (and exactly how hard it is to bike against it on a single-speed). #SocialAnthropology #LowCountries

This week I discovered that the Dutch are all fluent in the Beaufort scale. One of them will say something like "the wind's only gonna be at 6 today" and all the others will know exactly what that means (and exactly how hard it is to bike against it on a single-speed). #SocialAnthropology #LowCountries

This week I discovered that the Dutch are all fluent in the Beaufort scale. One of them will say something like "the wind's only gonna be at 6 today" and all the others will know exactly what that means (and exactly how hard it is to bike against it on a single-speed). #SocialAnthropology #LowCountries

"While the genre paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Jan Steen are forever relegated to the 1600s, Bruegel and Avercamp painted views that, until recently, remained a common sight in every Dutch and Belgian village."

Low Country Climate Canvasses of Little Ice Age

https://daily.jstor.org/climate-canvasses-of-the-little-ice-age/ via JSTOR Daily
Original image: Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Town" via PubHist
#LittleIceAge #Art #Renaissance #LowCountries #LowCountry #Climate #Winter

"While the genre paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Jan Steen are forever relegated to the 1600s, Bruegel and Avercamp painted views that, until recently, remained a common sight in every Dutch and Belgian village."

Low Country Climate Canvasses of Little Ice Age

https://daily.jstor.org/climate-canvasses-of-the-little-ice-age/ via JSTOR Daily
Original image: Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Town" via PubHist
#LittleIceAge #Art #Renaissance #LowCountries #LowCountry #Climate #Winter

"While the genre paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Jan Steen are forever relegated to the 1600s, Bruegel and Avercamp painted views that, until recently, remained a common sight in every Dutch and Belgian village."

Low Country Climate Canvasses of Little Ice Age

https://daily.jstor.org/climate-canvasses-of-the-little-ice-age/ via JSTOR Daily
Original image: Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Town" via PubHist
#LittleIceAge #Art #Renaissance #LowCountries #LowCountry #Climate #Winter

"While the genre paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Jan Steen are forever relegated to the 1600s, Bruegel and Avercamp painted views that, until recently, remained a common sight in every Dutch and Belgian village."

Low Country Climate Canvasses of Little Ice Age

https://daily.jstor.org/climate-canvasses-of-the-little-ice-age/ via JSTOR Daily
Original image: Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Town" via PubHist
#LittleIceAge #Art #Renaissance #LowCountries #LowCountry #Climate #Winter

"While the genre paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, and Jan Steen are forever relegated to the 1600s, Bruegel and Avercamp painted views that, until recently, remained a common sight in every Dutch and Belgian village."

Low Country Climate Canvasses of Little Ice Age

https://daily.jstor.org/climate-canvasses-of-the-little-ice-age/ via JSTOR Daily
Original image: Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Town" via PubHist
#LittleIceAge #Art #Renaissance #LowCountries #LowCountry #Climate #Winter

Here's an example of a record from it. I think this was my 11xg-granddad, revealing an approximate date of birth for him. I haven't been able to find any baptisms for children of Secretary William Fowler. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #FindMyPast #Histodon #Histodons

Here's an example of a record from it. I think this was my 11xg-granddad, revealing an approximate date of birth for him. I haven't been able to find any baptisms for children of Secretary William Fowler. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #FindMyPast #Histodon #Histodons

Here's an example of a record from it. I think this was my 11xg-granddad, revealing an approximate date of birth for him. I haven't been able to find any baptisms for children of Secretary William Fowler. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #FindMyPast #Histodon #Histodons

Here's an example of a record from it. I think this was my 11xg-granddad, revealing an approximate date of birth for him. I haven't been able to find any baptisms for children of Secretary William Fowler. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #FindMyPast #Histodon #Histodons

Here's an example of a record from it. I think this was my 11xg-granddad, revealing an approximate date of birth for him. I haven't been able to find any baptisms for children of Secretary William Fowler. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #FindMyPast #Histodon #Histodons

Found in #FindMyPast "Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677" (UK National Archives E 157) for soldiers going to serve overseas, especially in the Low Countries. Images and indexes. Includes soldier ages so I now have an approximate birth date for the soldier son of the royal secretary I'm writing a journal paper about. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #Histodon #Histodons

Found in #FindMyPast "Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677" (UK National Archives E 157) for soldiers going to serve overseas, especially in the Low Countries. Images and indexes. Includes soldier ages so I now have an approximate birth date for the soldier son of the royal secretary I'm writing a journal paper about. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #Histodon #Histodons

Found in #FindMyPast "Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677" (UK National Archives E 157) for soldiers going to serve overseas, especially in the Low Countries. Images and indexes. Includes soldier ages so I now have an approximate birth date for the soldier son of the royal secretary I'm writing a journal paper about. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #Histodon #Histodons

Found in #FindMyPast "Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677" (UK National Archives E 157) for soldiers going to serve overseas, especially in the Low Countries. Images and indexes. Includes soldier ages so I now have an approximate birth date for the soldier son of the royal secretary I'm writing a journal paper about. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #Histodon #Histodons

Found in #FindMyPast "Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677" (UK National Archives E 157) for soldiers going to serve overseas, especially in the Low Countries. Images and indexes. Includes soldier ages so I now have an approximate birth date for the soldier son of the royal secretary I'm writing a journal paper about. #Soldiers #Travel #17thCentury #SeventeenthCentury #BritishHistory #LowCountries #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FMP #Histodon #Histodons

WHOA!!! The Plantin Moretus Museum, aka: The Best Museum In The World is featured on Google Arts. It includes lovely creaking floorboards in this gorgeous #earlymodern print shop.
#bookhistory #histodons #earlymodons #LowCountries
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/qgXxWnOI--kkPg?fbclid=IwAR0nWoJOSLD5ZwDZ90c4QpkNlcuyWayPFbPYS1YWlUPDjiiV_z_1FaTv9e0&zx=48csqsw2nwj2

WHOA!!! The Plantin Moretus Museum, aka: The Best Museum In The World is featured on Google Arts. It includes lovely creaking floorboards in this gorgeous #earlymodern print shop.
#bookhistory #histodons #earlymodons #LowCountries
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/qgXxWnOI--kkPg?fbclid=IwAR0nWoJOSLD5ZwDZ90c4QpkNlcuyWayPFbPYS1YWlUPDjiiV_z_1FaTv9e0&zx=48csqsw2nwj2

WHOA!!! The Plantin Moretus Museum, aka: The Best Museum In The World is featured on Google Arts. It includes lovely creaking floorboards in this gorgeous #earlymodern print shop.
#bookhistory #histodons #earlymodons #LowCountries
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/qgXxWnOI--kkPg?fbclid=IwAR0nWoJOSLD5ZwDZ90c4QpkNlcuyWayPFbPYS1YWlUPDjiiV_z_1FaTv9e0&zx=48csqsw2nwj2

WHOA!!! The Plantin Moretus Museum, aka: The Best Museum In The World is featured on Google Arts. It includes lovely creaking floorboards in this gorgeous #earlymodern print shop.
#bookhistory #histodons #earlymodons #LowCountries
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/qgXxWnOI--kkPg?fbclid=IwAR0nWoJOSLD5ZwDZ90c4QpkNlcuyWayPFbPYS1YWlUPDjiiV_z_1FaTv9e0&zx=48csqsw2nwj2

Our 1st #LowCountries seminar of 2023 is this Friday when Joris van den Tol will speak about 'Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in the seventeenth century'

13 Jan, 5:30 (UK time), hybrid: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/networks-petitions-and-trade-anglo-dutch-atlantic-seventeenth-century
#AngloDutch #earlymodern #earlymodons #histodons #PowerOfPetitioning

Our 1st #LowCountries seminar of 2023 is this Friday when Joris van den Tol will speak about 'Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in the seventeenth century'

13 Jan, 5:30 (UK time), hybrid: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/networks-petitions-and-trade-anglo-dutch-atlantic-seventeenth-century
#AngloDutch #earlymodern #earlymodons #histodons #PowerOfPetitioning

Our 1st #LowCountries seminar of 2023 is this Friday when Joris van den Tol will speak about 'Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in the seventeenth century'

13 Jan, 5:30 (UK time), hybrid: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/networks-petitions-and-trade-anglo-dutch-atlantic-seventeenth-century
#AngloDutch #earlymodern #earlymodons #histodons #PowerOfPetitioning

Our 1st #LowCountries seminar of 2023 is this Friday when Joris van den Tol will speak about 'Networks of Petitions and Trade: The Anglo-Dutch Atlantic in the seventeenth century'

13 Jan, 5:30 (UK time), hybrid: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/networks-petitions-and-trade-anglo-dutch-atlantic-seventeenth-century
#AngloDutch #earlymodern #earlymodons #histodons #PowerOfPetitioning

New term, new #LowCountries delights! We've got a stellar line-up, hoping to see many of you, either in person or on zoom!

Sign up for zoom links: https://history.ac.uk/seminars/low-countries-history
#HistoDons

New term, new #LowCountries delights! We've got a stellar line-up, hoping to see many of you, either in person or on zoom!

Sign up for zoom links: https://history.ac.uk/seminars/low-countries-history
#HistoDons

New term, new #LowCountries delights! We've got a stellar line-up, hoping to see many of you, either in person or on zoom!

Sign up for zoom links: https://history.ac.uk/seminars/low-countries-history
#HistoDons

New term, new #LowCountries delights! We've got a stellar line-up, hoping to see many of you, either in person or on zoom!

Sign up for zoom links: https://history.ac.uk/seminars/low-countries-history
#HistoDons

Hey! #Histodons! It's Johan Huizinga's 150th birthday on 7 December! Get ready for a #HoeraHuizinga party? 🎂

We did a virtual reading group at the centenary of the Autumntide of the Middle Ages. Maybe we all share some snippets on the 7th of December?

👀 @slevelt #MedievalMastodon #LowCountries

Hey! #Histodons! It's Johan Huizinga's 150th birthday on 7 December! Get ready for a #HoeraHuizinga party? 🎂

We did a virtual reading group at the centenary of the Autumntide of the Middle Ages. Maybe we all share some snippets on the 7th of December?

👀 @slevelt #MedievalMastodon #LowCountries

Hey! #Histodons! It's Johan Huizinga's 150th birthday on 7 December! Get ready for a #HoeraHuizinga party? 🎂

We did a virtual reading group at the centenary of the Autumntide of the Middle Ages. Maybe we all share some snippets on the 7th of December?

👀 @slevelt #MedievalMastodon #LowCountries

Hey! #Histodons! It's Johan Huizinga's 150th birthday on 7 December! Get ready for a #HoeraHuizinga party? 🎂

We did a virtual reading group at the centenary of the Autumntide of the Middle Ages. Maybe we all share some snippets on the 7th of December?

👀 @slevelt #MedievalMastodon #LowCountries

@christinekooi Hurrah! Great a Dutch translation is forthcoming! Then my dad will finally get what I'm talking about :) (He's a historian, he loves reading all the history books, but his generation had more French and German language training than English)
#earlymodons #LowCountries

@christinekooi Hurrah! Great a Dutch translation is forthcoming! Then my dad will finally get what I'm talking about :) (He's a historian, he loves reading all the history books, but his generation had more French and German language training than English)
#earlymodons #LowCountries

@christinekooi Hurrah! Great a Dutch translation is forthcoming! Then my dad will finally get what I'm talking about :) (He's a historian, he loves reading all the history books, but his generation had more French and German language training than English)
#earlymodons #LowCountries