Religious Policy Records in the Netherlands Indies from 1814 to 1942

Archival material documents the formulation and execution of religious policies concerning Islam, Christianity, and other religions in the Netherlands Indies. The database covers the period from the restoration of Dutch colonial rule in 1814 to the Japanese occupation in 1942. It was created by Gerrit Knaap and harvested by DataverseNL.

Use Cases

• Analyze colonial governance strategies based on the described archival material concerning policy formulation.
• Study religious interactions and state intervention based on the described records from central, regional, and local levels.
• Trace historical policy evolution based on the described time frame spanning over a century.

Strengths

• Covers a defined historical period from 1814 to 1942.
• Focuses on policy formulation and execution across central, regional, and local administrative levels as described.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Archival material compiled into a database.

Time Range

1814-1942

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 06:12:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands Indies (Indonesia)