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Die huwelikspatrone van Europese setlaars aan die Kaap, 1652-1910.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)
The Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa, founded in 1652
with the arrival of European sailors and soldiers under the auspices of the
Dutch East India Company, provides, we believe, an excellent opportunity ...
Dutch contexts of Cape burgher protests
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
This article seeks to emphasise the notion that the Cape settlement of the
VOC period needs to be studied within the context of the Dutch world and
not in isolation. In recent research, empires are seen more as a collection ...
Fashion and the world of the women of the VOC official elite
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
During the early modern period material culture increasingly started to
serve as symbols of identity and status rather than merely fulfilling a basic
need. One example of such possessions that was particularly relevant ...