Exercitiegenootschap
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exercitiegenootschap-171-4163579
title:
Exercitiegenootschap
text:
An exercitiegenootschap or militia was a military organisation in the 18th century Netherlands, in the form of an armed private organization with a democratically chosen administration, aiming to train the citizens and the lower bourgeoisie in use of muskets. Exercitiegenootschappen were propagated by Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, who translated an old book (1732) by Andrew Fletcher on arming a nation's citizens and so got the idea from Scotland. He also saw them as necessary due to the ser
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercitiegenootschap
date created:
2007-09-11T12:31:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T05:28:41Z
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