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Centre for Urban History search menu search content Betting on the Next Pope ... in Antwerp in 1559 7/5/2025 By Jeroen Puttevils Tekst in het Nederlands volgt onderaan. On 22 April 2025, just a day after Pope Francis I’s death, the sports betting agency Ladbrokes offered to bet on who would become…

Back to the Future search menu search content Blog PhD defense Max-Quentin Bischoff 3/6/2026 Next week on Wednesday project member Max-Quentin Bischoff will present and defend his doctoral dissertation titled "Merchants' Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family company, c.1520-c.1550". T…

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