This paper assesses the impact of the Protestant Reformation on wealth distribution and
inequality in confessionally divided Germany, between 1400 and 1800. The Reformation …

This paper explores the prevalence of in-kind wages in medieval labour markets and the
underlying reasons for their use. Using a new dataset of agricultural labourers in medieval …

Abstract The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347 and 1352,
making it one of the largest shocks in the history of mankind. Using a novel dataset that …

We study the effects of an early introduction of agriculture (Neolithic Transition) on modern
agglomeration, using a new dataset on carbon dated organic materials found at …

This paper quantifies the impact of the 1630-1631 Italian plague on the business activities of
the Florentine merchant-bank Saminiati & Guasconi. Employing AI for handwriting …

The aim of the article is to provide a general, broad picture of the economic effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic, without going into the details. The impact of the pandemic on …

This paper quantifies the impact of the 1630-1631 Italian plague on the business activities of
the Florentine merchant-bank Saminiati & Guasconi. Employing AI for handwriting …

The topic I have chosen to discuss briefly is obviously expansive, shall we say viral, because
it refers in part to the ways in which world systems are structured and can be analyzed as …