Affluence and Inequality in the Low Countries (Paperback)

J. Hanus

ISBN 10: 9042931469 / ISBN 13: 9789042931466

Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2014

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Paperback. Did the inhabitants of `s-Hertogenbosch benefit from the economic ebband flow of the long sixteenth century (1500-1650)? Through this centralquestion, Affluence and Inequality addresses wider issues ofeconomic growth and decline in an (advanced) pre-industrial economy.Challenging traditional questions with innovative and ground-breakingmethods leads to a fresh perspective on the economic and social historyof the early modern Low Countries.Building on individual and household experience, connecting fiscal,financial, occupational and social dots, Jord Hanus shows that theso-called structural decline of the seventeenth-century Southern LowCountries was in fact a next step in a series of structuraltransformations characterizing the Low Countries during thepre-industrial period. Also, even though poverty was very real for aminority of the urban populace, for the majority, the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries brought agreeable living standards. In contrast toa range of southern European cities framed equal in poverty, the urbancentres of the Low Countries were both unequal and affluent. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Affluence and Inequality in the Low Countries (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers, Leuven
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042931469
• ISBN 13: 9789042931466
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Did the inhabitants of 's-Hertogenbosch benefit from the economic ebb and flow of the long sixteenth century (1500-1650)? Through this central question, Affluence and Inequality addresses wider issues of economic growth and decline in an (advanced) pre-industrial economy. Challenging traditional questions with innovative and ground-breaking methods leads to a fresh perspective on the economic and social history of the early modern Low Countries.



Building on individual and household experience, connecting fiscal, financial, occupational and social dots, Jord Hanus shows that the so-called structural decline of the seventeenth-century Southern Low Countries was in fact a next step in a series of structural transformations characterizing the Low Countries during the pre-industrial period. Also, even though poverty was very real for a minority of the urban populace, for the majority, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought agreeable living standards. In contrast to a range of southern European cities framed equal in poverty, the urban centres of the Low Countries were both unequal and affluent.