Stories about constitutional state and peace

Hugo Grotius: from public prosecutor to prison for high treason

How the story of The Hague as the city of peace and justice begins with the story of the Prison Gate

How money, status and power led to class justice - including in the Prison Gate

Why Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was beheaded, despite being one of the greatest statesmen in Dutch history

A tongue and a finger as bizarre reminders of a gruesome murder: Cornelis de Witt

How the diplomat Abraham de Wicquefort was unmasked as a spy - and escaped again