Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century

Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century

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In this article we aim to make a case for a renewed attention to the structural social and political processes that influenced changes in early modern levels of inequality. We argue that early modern changes in inequality were not solely, or even primarily, determined by (exogenous) demographic tre...

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Main Authors: Kristof Dombrecht, Wouter Ryckbosch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2017-06-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
Subjects:
Inequality
Online Access:https://tseg.nl/article/view/8185
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spelling doaj-7696dc54fb894112b6df19800fc80ea52021-10-02T12:59:02ZengOpen JournalsTijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis1572-17012468-90682017-06-01142Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth CenturyKristof Dombrecht0Wouter Ryckbosch1Ghent UniversityVrije Universiteit Brussel In this article we aim to make a case for a renewed attention to the structural social and political processes that influenced changes in early modern levels of inequality. We argue that early modern changes in inequality were not solely, or even primarily, determined by (exogenous) demographic trends and macro-economic growth, but by structural changes in the (political) economy of early modern society. By studying a micro-level case-study of inequality during a period of intense change in economic structure, this article aims to reconcile such traditional interpretations with the recent historiography on early modern inequality. https://tseg.nl/article/view/8185Inequality
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Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
Inequality
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Wouter Ryckbosch
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title Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
title_short Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
title_full Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
title_fullStr Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
title_full_unstemmed Wealth Inequality in a Time of Transition: Coastal Flanders in the Sixteenth Century
title_sort wealth inequality in a time of transition: coastal flanders in the sixteenth century
publisher Open Journals
series Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
issn 1572-1701
2468-9068
publishDate 2017-06-01
description In this article we aim to make a case for a renewed attention to the structural social and political processes that influenced changes in early modern levels of inequality. We argue that early modern changes in inequality were not solely, or even primarily, determined by (exogenous) demographic trends and macro-economic growth, but by structural changes in the (political) economy of early modern society. By studying a micro-level case-study of inequality during a period of intense change in economic structure, this article aims to reconcile such traditional interpretations with the recent historiography on early modern inequality.
topic Inequality
url https://tseg.nl/article/view/8185
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