A5089648940- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Cultural History and Identity Formation
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Education in Diverse Contexts
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Taxation and Legal Issues
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Historical Legal Studies and Society
- History of Science and Medicine
- Historical Education and Society
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Religious Education and Schools
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- History of Emotions Research
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
Utrecht University
2015-2022
International Institute of Social History
2021
University of Stirling
2021
Lund University
2021
Radboud University Nijmegen
2021
King's College London
2021
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2021
Pre-industrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth-century counterparts, apparently because of the durable relationships between masters apprentices. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested that many those who started apprenticeships did not finish them. New evidence about 7,000 contracts across several cities in three countries finds that, for a number reasons, substantial minority youths entering failed to complete By allowing premature...
Abstract One of the standard objections against guilds in premodern world has been their exclusiveness. Guilds have portrayed as providing unfair advantages to children established masters and locals, over immigrants other outsiders. Privileged access certain professions industries is seen a source inequality disincentive for technological progress. In this paper, we examine assumption by studying composition guild apprentices from large sample European towns cities 1600 1800, focusing on...
Employing novel data on over 400 apprenticed orphaned boys from the Dutch cities of Leiden and Utrecht, this article explores functioning apprenticeship during after guilds. Although mobility apprentices was high contracts were uncertain, no complaints arose masters or Wages paid to these demonstrate that their labour made a gradually increasing contribution workshop start term. This enticed take removed need for contract enforcement. After guilds abolished, number orphans in crafts grew,...
A century after the Spanish Flu, COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to socioeconomic and occupational differences in mortality earlier pandemic. The magnitude of these pathways between occupation increased remain unclear, however. In this paper, we explore relation characteristics excess among men during Flu Netherlands. By creating a new coding for exposure disease at work, separate social status conditions viral transmission. We use data set based on men's death certificates...
Negotiating the Asiatic Route: Financing Dutch East India Company, Enkhuizen Chamber, 1602-1622During its first twenty years or voc, struggled with disadvantages of operations being spread over six local chambers, as imposed by 1602 charter. Mirroring Republic’s urban particularism, this operational fragmentation effectively bankrupted chambers if ships failed to return. Using ledgers Enkhuizen, one smaller we detail difficulties which it grappled and chart slow process overcoming them...
A century ago, the 1918–19 influenza pandemic swept across globe, taking lives of over 50 million people. We use data from Dutch civil registry to show which regions in Netherlands were most affected by pandemic. do so for entire 1918 year as well first, second, and third wave that hit summer 1918, autumn winter 1919. Our analyses excess mortality was highest Oost-Brabant, Zuid-Limburg, Noord-Holland, Drenthe, Groningen, Overijssel, whereas low Zuid-Beveland, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Achterhoek....
Abstract Many crafts in premodern Europe depended on migratory journeymen. Little is known about these workers, or how craft guilds and urban authorities affected their movement. By employing novel data thousands of journeymen from different cities Holland, we provide the first systematic overview migration settlement patterns The Dutch Republic. We find that differed significantly by occupational sector, marital status, skill level. stance towards migrants as well. This interrelation...
Several European countries were unable to match student numbers with labour market demand during the nineteenth century. The causes of this mismatch may be found in organisation higher education and funding students. Drawing on a variety sources, paper compares financial support available Reformed Catholic theology students Netherlands, examine how differences affected enrolment labour-market patterns. While low tuition fees increased access public universities, generous financing provided...
Discussion paper about three dissertations and a book recently published on the Dutch system of Higher Education financing.
Press censorship and the Court of Holland, 1749-1800 The Dutch Republic is often presented as having relative freedom press already in seventeenth century. However, it has been argued that increased during eighteenth century because more efficient co-ordination between authorities. This paper examines this claim by examining trials bills provincial court Holland (Hof van Holland). handled cases appeal from urban courts tried Hague – political centre Republic. It could also propose litigation...
Sheilagh Ogilvie. The European Guilds. An Economic Analysis. [The Princeton History of the Western World.] University Press, (NJ) [etc.] 2019. xvi, 645 pp. Ill. $39.95; £34.00. - Volume 65 Issue 3