Maurits den Hollander, MA

Maurits den Hollander (MA) graduated in Medieval History at Leiden University, with a thesis on comparative cultures of accountability in Scotland and Holland between 1477 and 1515. His research interests span a broad range of financial, political and institutional topics, but in the last years he has focused on late medieval governmental auditing bodies and local financial crisis management in the northern Habsburg Netherlands around 1500. Currently, Maurits is working on a PhD in Legal History at the Department of Public Law, Jurisprudence and Legal History of Tilburg University as part of the ERC-funded project www.clls.eu. His thesis focusses on insolvency legislation in 17th century Amsterdam.