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3 unusual facts about Franciscus van den Enden


Franciscus van den Enden

In 1990 Marc Bedjai and Wim Klever, independently from each other, established that Van den Enden was the author of two anonymous pamphlets, the Kort Verhael van Nieuw Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland) and the Vrye Politijke Stellingen (Free Political Proposals).

After the bankruptcy of his art shop, he opened a Latin school on the Singel.

Zwaanendael Colony

Franciscus van den Enden had drawn up charter for a utopian society (that included equal education of all classes, joint ownership of property, and a democratically elected government.



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