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Trends in rural social and economic history of the pre-industrial Low Countries: recent themes and ideas in journals and books of the past five years (2007-2013)
Rural 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
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Rural 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 bringing together important themes and ideas that
have linked research in our various regions of interest over the past five years.
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- Curtis, D.R.
- Date
- 2013-09-01
- Journal
- BMGN 113
- Volume
- 128
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 60 - 95