Project

Life at the bottom. Living standardr and heights in Flanders, 1780 - 1900

Code
01D26713
Looptijd
01-10-2013 → 30-09-2018
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • History
  • Social sciences
    • Economic history
Trefwoorden
levensstandaard antropometrie lichaamslengte Vlaanderen Comparatief Kwantitatief 18e eeuw 19e eeuw België Engels Nederlands Geschiedenis
 
Projectomschrijving

Average height is one of the best measures to study the social and economic conditions of a society and can be used to assess historical (in) equalities. We will examine the heights of prisoners during he last quarter of the 18th and the 19th century in Flanders.