🚜Hoe duurzaam sprong de middeleeuwse boer om met zijn grond? In aanloop naar zijn doctoraatsverdediging op 12 februari schreef CSG-lid Arnoud Jensen een blogpost voor de faculteitsblog 'Bladspiegel'. 👉Lees de blog hier: blog.uantwerpen.be/bladspiegel/...

Tweehonderd tonnen mest elk jaar: “Niet omscheppen tot we komen kijken!” - bladspiegel

Arnoud Jensen (UAntwerpen & UGent) bestudeerde de huur van landbouwgrond in de late middeleeuwen in onze streken.

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New book publication ❗ 📖 Last month, my first monograph was published by the Académie royale de Belgique. It is a slightly reworked version of my PhD, focusing on the grain prices and the grain economy of 14th-C Flanders 🌿 #medievalsky #graineconomy #MiddleAges For the contents, see below 👇

Prices and Crises

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Epidemics hit harder for those already struggling. New article by colleague @stefespeel.bsky.social maps the impact of medieval plagues on household budgets. Very interesting🧵 below 👇

Stef Espeel@stefespeel.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨New publication alert🚨 My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081... #BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies 1/11 🧵

🚨New publication alert🚨 My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081... #BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies 1/11 🧵

Plague and hunger. Epidemic-induced pressures on household purchasing power in fourteenth-century Flanders

In the late Middle Ages, surging grain prices frequently triggered subsistence crises, as grain was the primary staple of nutrition. When these price shocks coincided with major mortality peaks fro...

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Onderzoek van VUB sociologen over ongelijkheid in het hoger onderwijs: de universiteiten bedienen vooral de middenklasse, alleen tussen 1950 en 70 was er sprake van democratisering www.demorgen.be/nieuws/ongel...

Ongelijkheid aan de universiteit is toegenomen: ‘We zitten weer op het niveau van voor 1950’

Wie geboren werd tussen 1970 en 1994 in de hoge middenklasse, heeft vijf keer zoveel kans om een masterdiploma te halen als een generatiegenoot uit een arbeidersgezin. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de ...

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Late medieval plague waves as a universal killer? ☠️ Or was it selective to age, sex or wealth? 🤔 10 days left to submit a paper proposal for this special issue! Do not hesitate to spread the message to anyone of interest.

Stef Espeel@stefespeel.bsky.social · 2y ago

❗ Call for Papers ❗ 📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖 (Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens) 📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅 #CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity

the biggest mystery in the history of the Second - Medieval - Plague Pandemic: was plague indeed a universal killer? Or was it selective with regard to age, gender, wealth....? We are preparing a special issue on this topic. Contributions welcome!

Stef Espeel@stefespeel.bsky.social · 2y ago

❗ Call for Papers ❗ 📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖 (Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens) 📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅 #CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity

❗ Call for Papers ❗ 📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖 (Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens) 📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅 #CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity