Project

Lordship and Agrarian Capitalism in the Low Countries, c. 1350-1650

Code
01G00322
Duration
01 January 2022 → 31 December 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Early modern history
    • Landscape and ecological history
    • Medieval history
    • Political history
    • Socio-economic history
Keywords
Socio-Economic History Political History Legal History Comparative History
 
Project description

This project engages with one of the most important enigmas in the history of pre-modern societies, namely the presumed impact of elite constraints on economic development. Capitalizing on a fortuitous conflux of expertise and exceptional sources, this project compares patterns of lordship with patterns of economic growth in the various regions of the Low Countries in c. 1350-1650.