Marieke Nolten MA

PhD Candidate

E-mail: [email protected]

University Profile URL: https://www.uva.nl/profiel/n/o/m.a.h.nolten2/m.a.h.nolten.html#Profiel

Cohort/Start PhD: 2025-2026

Part of the overarching project: Daily Bread. A Comparative Urban History of Early Modern Food Protests

University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Humanities, chair group: Early Modern History

Supervisors: Prof. dr. Maartje van Gelder, Dr. Jonas van Tol, Dr. Erika Kuijpers

Duration: September 2025-August 2029

 

Food Protest in the Dutch Republic (1500-1800)

This dissertation investigates the (de)construction of food riots in the Dutch Republic (1500-1800). Through the in-depth analysis of various case-studies, this dissertation examines which (political) meaning archives, contemporary (published) sources, and historical works attributed to food riots and the role of male and female rioters. Comparing the narratives of these diverse source genres provides new insight into the dynamics of archival politics and the political role of ordinary people.