review
Anne Doedens and Jan Houter wrote a lengthy work: History of the Wadden Islands – the Canon of the Wadden Islands. It describes fifty historical highlights of the Dutch Wadden Islands of Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Vlieland, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog and Rottumeroog. The islands have a common history, connected by the water, with the view of different seas that the islanders sailed. The islands are different and yet resemble each other.
Anne Doedens and Jan Houter write history
- Canon of the Wadden Islands
- Fifty topics about the history of the Wadden
- Continue reading after the Window
- Anne Doedens and Jan Houter
- Conclusion: Wonderful book
Canon of the Wadden Islands
A canon is a guideline. The writers Doedens and Houter have collected topics that, in their opinion, you should should know about the Wadden. The fifty topics open windows to the shared and different history of the islands. The islands along the Wadden Sea are connected like pearls in a string; each with its own specific shine, they belong together and form the beautiful area in the north of the Netherlands.
Each topic is 1200 words and describes the highlights and main points. It is about the history from Razende Bol to Rottumeroog, from Willibrord to Cardinal de Jong, from Wanda to Rixt van het Oerd.
Fifty topics about the history of the Wadden
Fifty topics are described in fifty chapters. They are:
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A shoreline
- Breakthrough
- Old monastery
- Ancient churches
- The Dutch count
- Disputed Frisian authority
- Hanseatic League and trade gate
- Drift dikes and new land
- Lost countries (islands) and villages
- The Brandaris and more
- Quests, Sunneklaas, Kallemoooi
- Catholics and Anabaptists
- Casper de Robles versus Jan Jarichsz. and his supporters
- The Texeler Schans and other military matters
- The Union of Utrecht
- Amsterdam, the VOC and the Baltic Sea
- Tromp, De Ruyter and Witte de With
- Robert Holmes and Laurens Heemskerk
- Tjerk Hiddesz, Cruquius and others
- Arkhangelsk, St. Petersburg, Lerwick and the Indies
- French Esausz. De Heussen and his colleagues
- From Willem van de Velde the Elder to Jan Wolkers
- Cornelis Jacobsz. Heldt and Jan Ibesz.
- Hidde Dirks Kat and Willem Vlamingh
- Pilotage
- Rabbits, sheep and cranberries
- Oldenbarneveldt’s son, Belgians, Spaniards and others
- From De Hulter to Cupido
- Pawel Jones and Hendrik Tuning
- The English Invasion of 1799, Napoleon and the Continental System
- La Lutine
- The KNRM and before that
- Eierland, Polders van Kroon and Banck and Amelander drift dikes
- Teso, Doeksen and Wagenborg
- A dam to Ameland
- Immigration
- Nautical schools
- Banck and Bernstorff
- Natura, Nature (monuments) and World Heritage I.
- Natura, Nature (monuments) and World Heritage II
- Slauerhoff, Wolkers, Captain Rob and Bomans
- Zeppelins, mines and submarines
- Georgians, the Atlantic Wall, bunkers and graves
- Schleidorp and track, Wassenmann radar and collaboration
- Derrick and training area
- Eilander idioon, Sommeltjes, Rixt van ?? t Oerd and Wanda
- Johannes de Jong and the Clemenskerk
- Exploding tourism
- From Oerol to Dokter Deen
- Wadden management and Wadden cooperation
Continue reading after the Window
With each chapter, that one Window is mentioned, the authors give tips for further reading about that subject and indicate in which museums or archives more information can be obtained. They also give a number of tips. Here and there is a box with quotes, part of an interview or a personal report.
The windows also refer to each other, so that the book can be read criss-cross.
Anne Doedens and Jan Houter
Author Anne Doedens (1945) was a lecturer in New History at higher education institutions in Amsterdam. Jan Houter lives on Vlieland and he is a historian and entertainer about and from Vlieland. In 2014, both authors received the Lutine Prize 2014, named after the ship the Lutine for their research into the Golden Age on the Wadden.
History of the Wadden – CANON of the Wadden Islands
- Authors Anne Doedens and Jan J. Houter
- Publishing company Walburg Pers
- ISBN 978.90.5730.429.3
- Price ?? 29.95
- 192 pages
Conclusion: Wonderful book
The book looks beautiful, with many photos and illustrations. It also contains clear maps showing the geographic development of the area.
Dots and comma’s
A few critical notes: is it really that there is a resemblance between the Sunneklaas feast and Halloween? I don’t believe in that. Not only is Halloween a children’s party, it also finds its origin in the end of the harvest time. Sunneklaas and related parties on all Wadden Islands take place in December, in the darkest month of the year.
Eismite
The writers call it the Easter tradition on Ameland eismite hot ?? eismiken ?? and that will be a mistake. Furthermore, a comma is missing here and there is one too many parenthesis, although that is not very serious.
1200 words
The Windows each tell a subject in 1200 words and highlight the different islands. This means that it is impossible to expand and that a window sometimes suffers from a summary of facts in order to be able to use as much as possible in the limited available space.
Wonderful book
Doedens and Houter have produced a beautiful work, which, due to its beautiful execution, is a beautiful contribution to the library of the Wadden. The tips are fun and encourage you to read on and continue researching.
A must for the Wadden Sea enthusiast.
Wadden Islands
a. Waddenzee
B.. Texel
C.. Vlieland
D.. Terschelling
E. Ameland
F.. Schiermonnikoog
G.. Rottumeroog
H.. Raging Bol