Economies, Public Finances, and the Impact of Institutional Changes in Interregional Perspective

The Low Countries and Neighbouring German Territories (14th-17th centuries)

Edited by R. van Schaik

Book cover: Economies, Public Finances, and the Impact of Institutional Changes in Interregional Perspective

Extent: 172 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Business & Economics, Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in European Urban History (1100-1800)

Series volume number: 36

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2015)

ISBN: 9782503547855

Price: $107.00

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This volume contains studies about economic, financial and political structures and developments in different regions of the Low Countries and the Lower Rhine area in a regional comparative perspective during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times.


The way and extent to which differences in economic systems and stage of development, and the impact of institutional changes affected the political economy and fiscal systems of regions, or vice versa, is the overall theme of this volume. One major problem is the non-convergence of economic regions, financial networks, political borders and fiscal systems. The question is whether a set of variables is supra-regional, interregional, regional, local or even a mix of all of these. These questions have broad implications for our understanding of urban society and the relations between town and countryside. This volume contains studies about economic, financial and political structures and developments in different regions of the Low Countries and the Lower Rhine area in a regional comparative perspective during the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times.

  • Edited by R. van Schaik