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Page 34
... percent of the population was now Catholic , com- pared to 98 percent three centuries previ- ously . The remainder was Calvinist ( 50 per- cent ) , Lutheran ( 16 percent ) and Jewish ( 12 percent ) . Already the city had developed a ...
... percent of the population was now Catholic , com- pared to 98 percent three centuries previ- ously . The remainder was Calvinist ( 50 per- cent ) , Lutheran ( 16 percent ) and Jewish ( 12 percent ) . Already the city had developed a ...
Page 83
... percent of this was built on annexed suburban land . Today , 25 per- cent is directed toward the city centre ... percent of the land in the city . Amsterdam is unusual in that only 7 percent of homes are occupied by their owners . The ...
... percent of this was built on annexed suburban land . Today , 25 per- cent is directed toward the city centre ... percent of the land in the city . Amsterdam is unusual in that only 7 percent of homes are occupied by their owners . The ...
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... percent of the city's population as a whole received poor relief , the figure for Sephardic Jews was 54 percent and for Ashkenazic Jews 87 percent . A grain crisis in 1771 led to an increase in mortality in Amsterdam of 30 percent ; for ...
... percent of the city's population as a whole received poor relief , the figure for Sephardic Jews was 54 percent and for Ashkenazic Jews 87 percent . A grain crisis in 1771 led to an increase in mortality in Amsterdam of 30 percent ; for ...
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Decisive Dates | 24 |
Protestants and Iconoclasts | 30 |
Golden | 37 |
Copyright | |
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17th century Aalsmeer Amster Amsterdamse Bos Anne Frank antique architecture artists bars beer Begijnhof brown café building built Canal Circle canal houses canal-side Catholic Centraal Station Central centre cheese church city's collection colourful Dam square Damrak drugs Dutch East Indies exhibitions facade floor flower gable galleries German Gogh Golden Age GRACHT Heineken Hendrick de Keyser Herengracht Holland Huis Indies Company Insight Guides Jewish quarter Jews Jodenbreestraat Jordaan Kalverstraat Keizersgracht Kloveniersburgwal Left Leidseplein live modern Museum Netherlands Nieuwe Kerk Nieuwmarkt Oude Schans Oudezijds Voorburgwal paintings park percent Plantage plein popular portraits Prins Hendrikkade Prinsen Prinsengracht Protestant Raadhuisstraat Red Light District Rembrandt restaurants Rijksmuseum Rokin rooms Royal Palace scenes Schiphol ships shops Singel squatters sterdam straat streets Stuart Ridsdale style theatre tion tourist tours Town Hall trade tram visitors Vondelpark walk Waterlooplein Zeedijk