Colloque et exposition : Memory contested

From 24 January to 20 May 2014, the exhibition Memory Contested, Tales of the Revolt, 1566-1700 can be visited at the exhibition gallery of Leiden University Library. On 23 January, a symposium and a festive opening will be held. Like they still are today, in the seventeenth century Netherlands war memories were often contested. The Dutch Revolt against the King of Spain which broke out in 1566, first became a civil war before turning into a war between two states. In the North, a new state w..