The Low Countries in Early Modern Times

These studies by the distinguished economic and social historian Herman Van der Wee together provide a superb guide to the history of this key region of the economy in the early modern period. The coverage ranges from broad European introductory surveys to detailed studies, and embraces the history of trade agricultural and industrial production, prices and monetary history, consumption and diet in the Ancien Regime. Based throughout on detailed reconstruction of statistical sources - many not previously explored - the bulk of these essays have been translated from Dutch or French and appeared in publications which have sometimes been difficult of access to English readers.

Table of Contents:
GENERAL The Low Countries in Transition: From the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times The Low Countries in Transition: From Commercial Capitalism to the industrial Revolution AGRICULTURE Agricultural Development of the Low Countries as revealed by Tithe and Rent Statistics, 1250-1800 Agrarian History and Public Finances in Flanders, 14th to 17th Century TRADE Trade in the Southern Netherlands, 1493-1587 Economic Activity and International Trade in the Southern Netherlands, 1538-1544 Trade Relations between Antwerp and the Northern Netherlands, 14th to 16th Century THE LOW COUNTRIES IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD MONEY AND FINANCE Antwerp and the New Financial Methods of the 16th and 17th Centuries Monetary Policy in the Duchy of Brabant, Late Middle Ages to Early Modern Times Credit in Brabant, Late Middle Ages to Early Modern Times INDUSTRY Structural Changes and Specialisation in Southern Netherlands Industry, 1100-1600 Prices and Wages as Development Variables: A Comparison between England and the Southern Netherlands, 1400-1700 SOCIAL HISTORY Typology of Crises and Structural Changes in the Netherlands, 15th to 16th Century The Economy as a Factor in the Revolt in the Southern Netherlands Nutrition and Diet in the Ancien Regime.