Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Craft guilds in comparative perspective: the Northern and Southern Netherlands, a survey, Catharina Lis and Hugo Soly; The establishment and distribution of craft guilds in the Low Countries, 1000-1800, Bert De Munck, Piet Lourens and Jan Lucassen; Corporate politics in the Low Countries: guilds as institutions, 14th to18th centuries, Maarten Prak; Export industries, craft guilds and capitalist trajectories, 13th to 18th centuries, Catharina Lis and Hugo Soly; Dressed to work: a gendered comparison of the tailoring trades in the Northern and Southern Netherlands, 16th to 18th centuries, Harald Deceulaer and Bibi Panhuysen; Religion and social structure: religious rituals in pre-industrial trade associations in the Low Countries, Alfons K.L. Thijs; A tradition of giving and receiving: mutual aid within the guild system, Sandra Bos; Corporative capital and social representation in the Southern and Northern Netherlands, 1500-1800, Johan Dambruyne; Conclusion, Jan Lucassen and Maarten Prak; Bibliography; Indexes.

About the Author

Maarten Prak is based at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. Catharina Lis is based at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Jan Lucassen is based at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Hugo Soly is based at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Catharina Lis, Hugo Soly, Bert De Munck, Piet Lourens, Jan Lucassen, Maarten Prak, Harald Deceulaer, Bibi Panhuysen, Alfons K.L. Thijs, Sandra Bos, Johan Dambruyne.

Reviews

'The volume is a seminal contribution to several literatures, a must-read for scholars interested in the economy of early modern Europe, and filled with insights likely to influence scholars interested in a wide range of nations, topics, and time periods... this volume summarizes a wide range of insights into the economy, polity, and society of the late-medieval and early-modern Netherlands. It should be read by scholars interested in that period and scholars interested in the general relationship between institutions and economic development.' EH.NET '... the range and depth of research is invariable impressive.' Economic History Review ’This volume, drawing together recent scholarship and with a broad range of provocative summary conclusions laid out in a final chapter by two of the editors, will serve to promote as well as direct work on what were to city folk in early modern Europe institutions central to their lives.’ Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden ’This volume represents a model to which to aspire.’ Technology and Culture ’Pionnier par de nombreux aspects, appuyé sur des archives très fournies et diverses et doté d'une bibliographie abondante [...], cet ouvrage ouvre de nombreuses pistes de recherches inédites et prometteuses.’ Annales Histoire et Sciences Sociales