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About Shock Cities - Region | Shock Cities | University of Antwerp
Shock Cities search menu search content About Shock Cities - Region Region: late medieval county of Flanders The studied region, the County of Flanders in the 14th century, is characterised by a highly urbanised landscape. Together with northern-Italy, it is considered as the most urbanised region i…
Spring Lecture June 19th 2024 | Research centre Ruusbroec Institute | University of Antwerp
Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Spring Lecture June 19th 2024 On Wednesday the 19th of June the Ruusbroec Institute invites Virginia Blanton for a presentation of her research: The (English) Birgittines Among Us: Syon Abbey in the Diocese of Cambrai Time: 14.00 -16.00 …
Spring Lectures | Research centre Ruusbroec Institute | University of Antwerp
Research centre Ruusbroec Institute search menu search content Spring Lectures An opportunity to present the results of your research to a group of specialists Every year the Ruusbroec Institute invites several (international) scholars to present their research. The goals of these Spring Lectures ar…
About Shock Cities - Sources | Shock Cities | University of Antwerp
Shock Cities search menu search content About Shock Cities - Sources Sources: ecclesiastical large landowners The main body of sources that are being used are account series of large landowners of ecclesiastical nature. This includes different offices of collegiate churches, urban hospitals and abbe…
Dissertation - Abstract | Shock Cities | University of Antwerp
Shock Cities search menu search content Dissertation - Abstract Prices and Crises. The Grain Economy in Fourteenth-Century Flanders. This dissertation focuses on the occurrence of food shocks by investigating both the frequency and intensity of price shocks on the grain market in fourteenth-century …
Publications - Articles | Shock Cities | University of Antwerp
Shock Cities search menu search content Publications - Articles Articles S. Espeel, “The grain market and preferential trade of large landowners in Flemish cities during the Age of Shocks (1330-1370)”, Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome – Moyen Âge 131-1 (2019), p. 29-44. Abstract: Re…
Research Stef Espeel | Stef Espeel | University of Antwerp
Stef Espeel postdoc researcher FWO Research Stef Espeel Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise In my recently defended doctoral thesis, I studied the evolution of grain prices, the outbreak of famines and the position of large ecclesiastical landlords on the grain market in 14th-century Fl…
Workshops | Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University | University of Antwerp
Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Workshops Hubert Meeus - Antwerp as a center of religious book production from 1481 till the end of the seventeenth century Course description ∙ The first book printed in Antwerp was Simon van Venlo’s Boexke…
Research Tim Soens | Tim Soens | University of Antwerp
Tim Soens full professor Research Tim Soens Research team Centre for Urban History Power in History - Centre for Political History Expertise Tim Soens is an expert in Landscape and Environmental history, with specific emphasis on - climate history (Little Ice Age to Anthropocene) - coastal and river…
Academic Projects - Centre for Urban History | Centre for Urban History | University of Antwerp
Centre for Urban History search menu search content Academic Projects - Centre for Urban History Ongoing projects The Financial Inclusion of Migrants: The case study of Nineteenth century Antwerp. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract During the 19th century, millions of people moved from the countryside…