The ''Encyclopedie van Friesland'' is a
Dutch language
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encyclopedia
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about the
Friesland Province, Netherlands published in 1958 by
Elsevier
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.
In addition to an encyclopedic section, it consists of a compendium on, among other things, Frisian landscape, the
history of Friesland
Frisia has changed dramatically over time, both through floods and through a change in identity. It is part of the Nordwestblock which is a hypothetical historic region linked by language and culture.
Roman times
The Frisii began settling in Fr ...
,
Frisian literature
Frisian literature is works written in the Frisian languages, including that of West Frisian spoken in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, from which most texts were produced or have survived. The first texts written in Frisian emerge a ...
and
Frisian culture. The editor-in-chief was
J.H. Brouwer. He was assisted by an editorial board consisting of
J.J. Kalma,
W. Kok and
M. Wiegersma.
Post-1954 information was not included in the encyclopedia.
Dutch encyclopedias
1958 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
Area studies encyclopedias
Culture of Friesland
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