... already been raised in the sixteenth century in connection with the increased pollution of Amsterdam’s canals, which were commonly used for household purposes by the poor as well as for the disposal of waste. ⁴⁷ Drinking water was also transported to Amsterdam from neighbouring regions...

... to history to seek the origins of what they considered Japan’s unique martial national spirit. They linked bushidō to the mythic creation of the Japanese islands with the spear of the gods, the legendary battlefield feats of bushi from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, or the heroic...