Talk:History of Amsterdam

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NPOV
"One of the results of the war was that Spanish religious intolerance gave way to Dutch tolerance. In Amsterdam people were free to believe what they wanted (within certain limits)"

Yeah, sure. And the religious oppression and discrimination of Catholics in the Dutch republic is a great example of this "Dutch tolerance". --Isidoros47 (talk) 00:55, 26 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, one can have endlessness talks about this subject. Fact is that Catholic religion officially was forbidden. Second fact, people who preferred to remain Catholic were not persecuted or otherwise shut out, nor were they made to convert their religion. Third: Catholics who wanted to attend mass could go to different schuilkerken (churches in hide) like in Amsterdam "Ons Lieve Heer op Solder". Fourth: As long as a Catholic person didn't talk about his religion he could have all professions, and probably could be a member of all (governmental) offices. Fact five: esp. in Noord-Holland there were some "geuzen" chiefs who tried to hinder Catholics in their daily life. However, there have always been Catholic enclaves like Volendam and others in Noord-Holland and Friesland.
 * Also Jewish people and otherwise (some Islamic people!) were allowed to execute their religious rites, although they were not allowed to execute all trades. If you want to read more on this subject, you could read books in which these things are explicitly mentioned, like "De Last van veel geluk" (De Geschiedenis van Nederland 1555 - 1702) A. Th. van Deursen, or "Een kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam", G. Mak.
 * Vr. Grt. Have fun reading. Amsterdam, --Allardo (talk) 00:47, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of Amsterdam
What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 12:51, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Burgomaster
The municipal government of Amsterdam is headed by a Burgomaster not a Mayor. In this article both terms are used. Usage (no doubt inspired by laziness and ignorance) favours mayor, however an encyclopaedic resource should respect the difference and use the term Burgomaster. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 23:35, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Organists
The Decline and modernization section describes conflict between socialists, orangists and "organists". I didn't know the organists were such a polictical bunch!Santamoly (talk) 21:33, 18 October 2020 (UTC)