This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical
perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to …

Dagomar Degroot offers the first detailed analysis of how a society thrived amid the Little Ice
Age, a period of climatic cooling that reached its chilliest point between the sixteenth and …

Why in the pre-industrial period were some settlements resilient and stable over the long
term while other settlements were vulnerable to crisis? Indeed, what made certain human …

The history of much of England is written in water. Water has not only shaped England's
prosperity and external relations but it has also been a significant factor in fashioning its …

Tine De Moor has developed a bold and robust scholarly framework for explaining the
emergence of institutions for 'corporate collective action'in her 'Silent Revolution'article of …

Natural hazards posed major challenges to almost every pre-modern society. Even in the
moderate climate zone of Europe, natural hazards such as floods, storm surges and sand …

A host of studies on wealth inequality in pre‐industrial Europe has recently been published.
Out of these, a narrative emerges of rising inequality in a context of emerging markets and …

From the High Middle Ages on, the coastal wetlands of the North Sea area have been
intensively reclaimed and settled. In order to enable intensive agricultural production in …

Landscape transformation and social change in the North Sea Polders, the example of Flanders
(1000-1800 AD) Tim Soens, Universit Page 1 1 Landscape transformation and social change in …

Early modern water management was as much a social and political endeavour as an
environmental one. This paper explores this assertion by analysing the different forms of …