Dossier № 21: Treachery and unrest
Erfgoed Leiden, Oud rechterlijk archief 4c, f. 89v
Introduction
The early 1480s were a miserable time for Holland. The economy had collapsed, the towns could not get their finances in order, soldiers from Utrecht threatened the country and, above all, there was internal unrest. The age-old quarrels between Hoeken and Kabeljouwen, which started in the middle of the fourteenth century, reared their heads for the umpteenth time. Even the common people were restless, as evidenced by this condemnation of a woman from Maredorp, the gribus of Leiden. The Leiden court intervened harshly.
Physical Description
Gothic cursiva. Written in a parchment register of judicial verdicts of the city of Leiden.