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However, it likely supports searchable and selectable text based on OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Users with accessibility needs may not be able to use this content effectively. Please contact us at if you require assistance or an alternative format. Summary For more than five hundred years the southern part of the Netherlands belonged to the Roman Empire, more particularly to the province of Germania inferior (Lower Germany). The left bank of the river Rhine served as the external boundary of this province, once the ambition to annex the Germanic territories across the river had been abandoned.

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This ePub was produced prior to the implementation of current accessibility best practices. If Math is present, it is represented either as MathML, LaTeX or in images. Text alternatives are not available for images, graphs and other non-text content. We recognize the importance of accessibility, and we welcome queries about accessibility for any of our products. If you have a question or an access need, please get in touch with us at It is based on scanned pages and does not support features such as screen reader compatibility or described non-text content (images, graphs etc). After beoordeling had initially been designated and in doubt about what to do with the house in which Rembrandt died (Rozengracht 184 Amsterdam), it is exactly one hundred years ago that the foundation Stichting Het Rembrandthuis turned the premises Jodenbreestraat 4 into a museum. The aim was a set-up that did justice to the spirit of the genius of Rembrandt by means of a layout in harmony with the historical starting-point, being a largely reconstructed 17th-century shell. New-development architect K.P.C, de Bazel executed this with the consent of architect A.W. UNDER BLACK PETE’S SKIN Dark figures around the nineteenth-century Feast of Saint Nicholas The Dutch debate surrounding Black Pete (Zwarte Piet) has become deeply polarized. Proponents as well as opponents of the black assistant of Saint Nicholas base their opinions on his assumed origin. While supporters of Black Pete believe that he originated from pre-Christian traditions, the anti-Black Pete camp is convinced he can be traced back to a world of slavery and racism. This article shows that the present figure of Black Pete is a nineteenth-century amalgamation of different types and traditions. This means that Black Pete cannot be reduced to a single, unambiguous meaning. Therefore, hier gaan to the question concerning his identity and his alleged racist character must be found in his reception rather than his origin. This paper presents a brief history of this frontier section and addresses a few general issues, as an introduction to a series of papers discussing a variety of aspects of the frontier and of life in a frontier zone. Four hundred years after Rembrandt's birth all sorts of exhibitions are to be seen in the Dutch museums. An effort was made to show different aspects of the artist's oeuvre and ask new questions as regards realization and interpretation. What happened to the houses in which the artist lived and what value can be attributed to this?