Otto Vervaart

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Legal historian in the Netherlands
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Websitehttps://www.rechtshistorie.nl/
Otto VervaartJan 20
'Close to the sources: Musings around a new enriched handbook for Europe’s medieval legal history', a review of the #medieval #legalhistory hybrid handbook "Lire le droit" and the FONTES project, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/close-to-the-sources-musings-around-a-new-enriched-handbook-for-europes-medieval-legal-history/
Otto VervaartDec 2
'Looking at a Roman tablet with n inventory for tutorship', a post starting with just a single wooden Roman inked tablet #romanlaw #legalhistory, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/looking-at-a-roman-tablet-with-an-inventory-for-tutorship/
Otto VervaartNov 12
'A French gateway for digital medieval research', a post about the ResMed database at the Heurist platform #medieval #legalhistoryb #dh, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a-french-gateway-for-digital-medieval-research/
Otto VervaartOct 28
'Creating an online bibliography for studying medieval legal consilia', a post about my new Zotero research tool #medieval #legalhistory, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/creating-a-bibliography-for-studying-medieval-legal-consilia/
Otto VervaartAug 25, 2025
'Legal iconography through the lens of art in Catalonia', a post on a research project where art history and #legalhistory meet each other, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/legal-iconography-through-the-lens-of-art-in-catalonia/
Otto VervaartApr 15, 2025
'The East Asia slave trade in Dutch archival records', a post on projects of the IISH and the Huygens Institute, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/the-east-asia-slave-trade-in-dutch-archival-records/
The East Asia slave trade in Dutch archival records

Two years ago I mentioned in a post triggered to some extent by the death of Natalie Zemon Davis the role of the Dutch state in the history of Early Modern slavery and slave trade. I explained I wa…

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Otto VervaartFeb 27, 2025
'An archival story: Early Modern English land grants in an American collection', the story of ten students embarking on #legalhistory, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/an-archival-story-early-modern-english-land-grants-in-an-american-collection/
An archival story: Early Modern English land grants in an American collection

Very often it is only logical to search for particular documents at the most obvious institutions where such archival records are usually preserved. In this post an archival collection with Early M…

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Otto VervaartJan 27, 2025
John OverholtJan 27, 2025
After some years accessible only through a subscription database, more than 300 medieval manuscripts comprising the library of 17th century scholar Isaac Vossius are now freely available. https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2025/01/more-than-300-medieval-manuscripts-from-the-bibliotheca-vossiana-now-available-in-open-access
More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access - Leiden University

The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini, is now available in open access via the Digital Collections. The 324 Latin manuscripts copied in medieval Europe, along with 48 post-medieval manuscripts,…

Otto VervaartJan 25, 2025
'Digital legal history in development: Initiatives in Paris and Amsterdam', a post showing a wide variety of webinars and videos for #digitallegalhistory #legal history, https://rechtsgeschiedenis.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/digital-legal-history-in-development-initiatives-in-paris-and-amsterdam/
Digital legal history in development: Initiatives in Paris and Amsterdam

January is already three weeks old, a new year has started for legal historians, too! Digital legal history is a subject appearing here regularly. In this post reflection aboiut the use of digital …

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