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image: De Bello Belgico Decas Prina Famian Stradae Rom. Soc leu Edition III, c1648, by Famiano Strada, Italy
Michael Limberger
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- Research Interests
- Social and economic history of the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, town-countryside relations, Urban politics.
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- Selected Publications
- 'Sixteenth-century Antwerp and its rural surroundings. Social and economic changes in the hinterland of a commercial metropolis (ca. 1450- ca. 1570)', in Studies in European Urban History, 14 (Turnhout, 2008).
- [with M. 't Hart], 'Staatsmacht en stedelijke autonomie. Het geld van Antwerpen en Amsterdam (1500-1700)', in Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis 3 (2006) 36- 72. (themanummer: het geld van de stad eds. M. 't Hart en M. van der Heijden).
- [with B. Blondé], 'De gebroken welvaart, in: De Geschiedenis van Brabant van het hertogdom tot heden. Deel II. Nieuwe Tijd / o.l.v. R. Van Uytven. Hoofdstuk 1. Nieuwe geluiden en sterke tegenstellingen (1531-1629) (Zwolle 2004) 307-330.
- [with B. Blondé], 'La prospérité brisée', in: R. van Uytven e.a. (eds.), Histoire du Brabant du duché à nos jours, deuxième partie: Le Brabant déchiré (1531-1795). Chap. 1: Nouvelles convictions et oppositions violentes (1531-1629) (Zwolle 2004) 307-330.
- 'Merchant Capitalism and the countryside. Antwerp and the west of the duchy of Brabant (XVth - XVIth centuries)', in: P. Hoppenbrouwers, J.L. van Zanden (eds.), Peasants into farmers? The transformation of the rural economy and society in the Low Countries (middle ages-19th century)in light of the Brenner debate. CORN Publication Series, 4 (Turnhout 2001) 158-178.
- '"No town in the world provides more advantages" : economies of agglomeration and the golden age of Antwerp', in: P. O'Brien, e.a. (eds.), Urban Achievement in Early Modern Europe. Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London (Cambridge 2001) 39-62.
- 'Early forms of proto-industry in the backyard of Antwerp? The Rupel area between the 15th and 16th centuries', in: B. Blondé, E. Vanhaute, M. Galand (eds.), Labour and labour markets between town and countryside (middle ages -19th century). CORN Publication Series, 6 (Turnhout 2001) 158-173.
- 'Von einer Textilregion zum Warenhaus Europas. Nordwesteuropas erste Schritte auf dem Weg zur Kernregion der Weltwirtschaft', in: F. Edelmayer, P. Feldbauer, M. Wakounig (eds.), Globalgeschichte 1450 -1620 : Anfänge und Perspektiven. Edition Weltregionen, 4 (Wien 2002).
- 'Rural history in Nordwesteuropa anhand der Arbeitsgemeinschaft CORN', in: Ernst Bruckmüller, Ernst Langthaler, Josef Redl (Hg.), 'Agrargeschichte schreiben : Traditionen und Innovationen im internationalen Vergleich', Jahrbuch zur Geschichte des ländlichen Raumes 2004 (Vienna 2004).
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- Project
- 'The metropolis and the state. The autonomy of Amsterdam
and Antwerp in a comparative perspective' (ca. 1530-1830).