Lambrecht, Thijs; Winter, Anne
An Old Poor Law on the Continent? Agrarian Capitalism, Poor Taxes, and Village Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Coastal Flanders Journal Article
In: Economic History Review, vol. 71, iss. 4, pp. 1173-1198, 2018.
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Lambrecht, Thijs
The Institution of Service in Rural Flanders in the Sixteenth Century: A Regional Perspective Book Chapter
In: Whittle, Jane (Ed.): Servants in Rural Europe: 1400-1900, pp. 37-55, 2017.
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2018
Lambrecht, Thijs; Winter, Anne
An Old Poor Law on the Continent? Agrarian Capitalism, Poor Taxes, and Village Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Coastal Flanders Journal Article
In: Economic History Review, vol. 71, iss. 4, pp. 1173-1198, 2018.
Abstract | Tags: agrarian labour and rural history, early modern history, economic and social policy, flanders
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urldate = {2018-01-01},
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2017
Lambrecht, Thijs
The Institution of Service in Rural Flanders in the Sixteenth Century: A Regional Perspective Book Chapter
In: Whittle, Jane (Ed.): Servants in Rural Europe: 1400-1900, pp. 37-55, 2017.
Tags: agrarian labour and rural history, early modern history, flanders, service
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