Add to ORKGRural social and economic history of the Low Countries has long been in the shadow of more dominant urban-focused histories. Perhaps this is unsurprising, given the high level of urbanisation seen in parts of the Low Countries from the high Middle Ages onwards. However, it may also be connected with problems in the discipline of rural history itself – arguably a major one being the tendency towards a) localism and b) description rather than analysis. Probably a way of rectifying this situation is by becoming more explicit and systematic with our use of comparative history – both in regions of the Low Countries, but also in creating links with wider historical processes across Western Europe as well. This paper makes a small contribution by ...
The majority of humanity have lived out their lives in a ‘rural’ context, and even in our increasing...
Urbanity was a distinguishing feature of the medieval Low Countries, but even in its most urbanised ...
The paper recalls the late rise of French historians’ interest for the countryside: They first consi...
Rural social and economic history of the Low Countries has long been in the shadow of more dominant ...
Rural social and economic history of the Low Countries has long been in the shadow of more domin...
Two questions will no doubt greet the arrival of this journal: why rural history? and why now? The c...
This collection gathers together a range of scholars who reflect on recent historiographical develop...
Urbanity was a distinguishing feature of the medieval Low Countries, but even in its most urbanised ...
Since his pioneering article of 1976 the American historian Robert P. Brenner has tried to come to t...
Initially, Dutch rural history was mostly practised by non-historians, including geographers, agrono...
Initially, Dutch rural history was mostly practised by non-historians, including geographers, agrono...
This book sheds new light on old problems of wealth, poverty and material culture in rural societies...
Next to the local craftsmen and the non-agrarian activities that families undertook for their own us...
Recent publication in Rural History with special attention on the relation between landscapes and ci...
I. Belgium: a latecomer to modern agrarian historiography Compared to her neighbours, Belgium embark...
The majority of humanity have lived out their lives in a ‘rural’ context, and even in our increasing...
Urbanity was a distinguishing feature of the medieval Low Countries, but even in its most urbanised ...
The paper recalls the late rise of French historians’ interest for the countryside: They first consi...
Rural social and economic history of the Low Countries has long been in the shadow of more dominant ...
Rural social and economic history of the Low Countries has long been in the shadow of more domin...
Two questions will no doubt greet the arrival of this journal: why rural history? and why now? The c...
This collection gathers together a range of scholars who reflect on recent historiographical develop...
Urbanity was a distinguishing feature of the medieval Low Countries, but even in its most urbanised ...
Since his pioneering article of 1976 the American historian Robert P. Brenner has tried to come to t...
Initially, Dutch rural history was mostly practised by non-historians, including geographers, agrono...
Initially, Dutch rural history was mostly practised by non-historians, including geographers, agrono...
This book sheds new light on old problems of wealth, poverty and material culture in rural societies...
Next to the local craftsmen and the non-agrarian activities that families undertook for their own us...
Recent publication in Rural History with special attention on the relation between landscapes and ci...
I. Belgium: a latecomer to modern agrarian historiography Compared to her neighbours, Belgium embark...
The majority of humanity have lived out their lives in a ‘rural’ context, and even in our increasing...
Urbanity was a distinguishing feature of the medieval Low Countries, but even in its most urbanised ...
The paper recalls the late rise of French historians’ interest for the countryside: They first consi...