Antwerp: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The economic history of the city is discussed by Herman Van Der Wee, The Growth of the Antwerp Market and the European Economy (FourteenthâSixteenth Centuries), 3 vol. (1963). F. Suykens et al., Antwerp, a Port for All Seasons, trans. from Flemish (1986), gives the history of the harbour. Intellectual and cultural history is detailed in several books, among them Theodore L. De Vinne, The Plantin-Moretus Museum: A Printerâs Paradise (1929); John J. Murray, Antwerp in the Age of Plantin and Brueghel (1970); Antwerpâs Golden Age: The Metropolis of the West in the 16th and 17th Centuries (1973?), an exhibition catalog with a large bibliography; and LĂ©on Voet, Antwerp, the Golden Age: The Rise and Glory of the Metropolis in the Sixteenth Century (1973; originally published in Dutch, 1973). Julien Weverbergh (ed.), Museumgids voor Antwerpen (1988), is a directory of Antwerpâs museums.
Studies of Antwerpâs history include Wilfrid C. Robinson, Antwerp: An Historical Sketch (1904); Jervis Wegg, Antwerp, 1477â1559, from the Battle of Nancy to the Treaty of Cateau CambrĂ©sis (1916), with a good bibliography, and The Decline of Antwerp Under Philip of Spain (1924, reprinted 1979); and Jan Van Acker, Antwerpen: van Romeins veer tot wereldhaven (1975).
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Honorary Archivist, City Archives, Antwerp.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Official Site of City of Antwerp, Belgium. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Oct 08, 2024 | ||
| Map added. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The Siege of Antwerp. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Offiicial Tourism Site of Antwerp, Belgium. | Sep 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flags of Antwerp. | Dec 06, 2020 | ||
| In the Geography section, clarified that the total area of Antwerp is now 759 square miles (204.5 square km). | May 01, 2017 | ||
| In History section, media added. | May 01, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | Apr 21, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Feb 03, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Antifungal Medication. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Antwerp - Antwerp, Belgium. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Antwerp, Belgium. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: NHS Choices - Antifungal medicine. | Jul 11, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 05, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |