De spade in de dijk. Waterbeheer en rurale samenleving in de Vlaamse kustvlakte (1280-1580)

• Tác giả: Tim Soens
• Ngôn ngữ: dut
• ISBN-13: 978-9038213521
• Thông tin xuất bản: Gent : Academia Press, 2009
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (359 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 180038
• Chủ đề: 1. Belgium; 2. c 1000 CE to c 1500; 3. c 1500 to c 1600; 4. Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; 5. European history; 6. Flemish; 7. For emergent readers (adult); 8. Maritime history

Tóm tắt

The Spade in de Dijk is the first synthesis on the organisation of water management in Coastal Flanders during the later Middle Ages. Based on the unique archival evidence produced by local water boards (wateringen), large landowners and local and regional authorities, Tim Soens argues for the occurrence of profound changes in coastal water management in the later Middle Ages. Water management gradually became less inclusive, investments lowered, and flood risk increased. This evolution was triggered by the social transition from a peasant society of land-owning smallholders to a society of absentee landlords and large tenant farmers.