-
official schutterijen,
which they
called by
innocuous names like
exercitiegenootschappen or
vrijcorpsen (Free Corps) in
order not to
provoke the city governments...
- came
mostly from the
middle class. They
formed militias called exercitiegenootschappen. In 1785,
there was an open
Patriot rebellion,
which took the form...
-
train the
citizens and the
lower bourgeoisie in use of muskets.
Exercitiegenootschappen were
propagated by Joan van der
Capellen tot den Pol, who translated...
-
built support from most of the middle-class, and
founded militias (
Exercitiegenootschappen) of
armed civilians which between 1783 and 1787
managed to take...
-
Parade of the
exercitiegenootschappen and
auxiliary troops in
Utrecht on
September 2, 1787.
Depiction of the
Rhinegrave of Salm as commander-in-chief...
-
schutterij in 1783 or to
create an
alternative - in many cities,
exercitiegenootschappen (military-exercise societies),
vrijcorpsen (free corps) or voluntary...
-
Patriots used the
incident for
political propaganda and
organized the
Exercitiegenootschappen militia all over the country. The
Admiralty of
Friesland offered...
- 1785 he was
appointed by a
congress of
representatives of
Holland exercitiegenootschappen in a commission,
together with Wybo
Fijnje and
Pieter Vreede, to...
- in
organizing provincial armies and
exercising free
corps and
exercitiegenootschappen (military societies) with
democratically chosen officers, leading...
- onwards, the
Patriots formed militia or
paramilitary groups called exercitiegenootschappen or vrijcorpsen. They
tried to
persuade the
prince and city governments...
