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Cornelis de Hooghe

The Hague, 1541 – The Hague, 29 Mar 1583

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  • Born1541, The Haguenot verified1 source
  • Died29 Mar 1583, The Haguenot verified1 source
  • FatherCharles Vnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1541

    Born in The Hague

  2. 29 Mar 1583

    Dies in The Hague

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During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around The Hague.

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The 1540s · Cornelis is born in The Hague

In the news1549

Pragmatic Sanction unified provinces in 1549

The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 established the Seventeen Provinces as a single, unified Habsburg territory to prevent fragmentation among future heirs.

At the table

Cooking with pork fat instead of butter

People used animal fat, such as pork fat, for frying and cooking rather than butter.

What people wore

Women's linen caps and protective cloaks

Women wore crisp white linen caps to cover their hair, often paired with long cloaks known as a huik when traveling or outdoors to protect against harsh weather.

Getting around

The slow pace of mule transport

Traveling by pack mule was significantly slower than walking due to terrain difficulties and the need to pay tolls. A journey that took a walker three days could take nine days if carrying goods with a pack mule.

What it cost

Everyday prices for food and shoes

Ordinary daily food prices included 1 to 2 stuivers for a kilogram of rye bread, 1 stuiver for a liter of beer, and 4 to 10 stuivers for a pound of pork. Simple leather shoes cost between 3 and 8 guilders.

Music

Luxury manuscripts for choral singing

The Mechelen Choir Book, produced around 1515, is a beautifully decorated music manuscript containing seven multi-part Latin masses. Singers performed this polyphonic music together by reading from a single large book placed on a lectern.

Daily life

Water scarcity in Amsterdam, 1540

In the exceptionally hot summer of 1540, Amsterdam suffered from a severe water shortage as canals filled with animal waste dried up, making clean drinking water almost impossible to find. Emperor Charles V cut his visit short after only one day due to the unbearable stench and lack of potable water.