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Sword of Burgomaster Van der Werff of Leiden
anoniem1544
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In 1574 Spanish forces besieged Leiden. The city’s inhabitants were so hungry that they considered surrender. Legend has it that their mayor, Burgomaster Pieter van der Werff, gave them with his sword and demanded that they kill and eat him. This sword is believed to have belonged to the self-sacrificing mayor.
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- Title: Sword of Burgomaster Van der Werff of Leiden
- Creator: anoniem
- Date Created: 1544
- Physical Dimensions: ijzer
- Subject Keywords: militaire geschiedenis, Werff, Pieter Adriaansz. van der
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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