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A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Leiden
Reihe: - Brill's Companions to European History, Band: 31
As a place of production, knowledge, and creativity, Leiden attracted people from near and far in the premodern era (c. 1200-1800). The result was a diverse population in a rapidly growing city. The contributions to this volume, written by specialists, trace key moments and developments in Leiden’s history. The authors show how different groups of city dwellers experienced and shaped socio-economic and cultural events and processes. Through its thematic focus and engagement with current debates in urban history, this volume reveals how the inhabitants of a premodern European city produced and negotiated political, socio-economic, and spatial inequalities.
Contributors are: Chrystel Brandenburgh, Roos van Oosten, Edwin Orsel, Ed van der Vlist, Janna Coomans, Wout Saelens, Arie van Steensel, Maarten Prak, Jori Zijlmans, Henk Looijesteijn, Evelien Walhout, Jaco Zuijderduijn, Ariadne Schmidt, Manon van de Heijden, Elizabeth den Hartog, Christine Kooi, Alisa van de Haar, Johannes Müller, and Ronald Sluijter.
Contributors are: Chrystel Brandenburgh, Roos van Oosten, Edwin Orsel, Ed van der Vlist, Janna Coomans, Wout Saelens, Arie van Steensel, Maarten Prak, Jori Zijlmans, Henk Looijesteijn, Evelien Walhout, Jaco Zuijderduijn, Ariadne Schmidt, Manon van de Heijden, Elizabeth den Hartog, Christine Kooi, Alisa van de Haar, Johannes Müller, and Ronald Sluijter.
Arie van Steensel is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Social and Economic History at the University of Groningen. He specialises in the medieval and early modern history of western Europe and has a special interest in the urban history of Italy, England, and the Low Countries. Currently, he is the secretary of the European Association for Urban History.
Ariadne Schmidt is Professor of the History of Urban Culture, in particular of Leiden, at Leiden University. She specialises in urban history, the history of work, and gender and family history. Her publications include Prosecuting Women: A Comparative Perspective on Crime and Gender before the Dutch Criminal Courts (Brill, 2020).
Ariadne Schmidt is Professor of the History of Urban Culture, in particular of Leiden, at Leiden University. She specialises in urban history, the history of work, and gender and family history. Her publications include Prosecuting Women: A Comparative Perspective on Crime and Gender before the Dutch Criminal Courts (Brill, 2020).
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Leiden in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Ariadne Schmidt and Arie van Steensel
2 The Urban Landscape of Medieval Leiden
Chrystel Brandenburgh, Roos van Oosten, Edwin Orsel and Ed van der Vlist
3 Fire and Flow: Sanitation, Safety and Community Politics in Leiden, 1300–1570
Janna Coomans
4 The Fuel of the City: Energy Consumption in Early Modern Leiden, 1450–1850
Wout Saelens
5 Power, Governance and Inequality in Late Medieval Leiden
Arie van Steensel
6 Civic Militias and Urban Politics in Leiden, 1600–1800
Maarten Prak
7 Working for Export: Five Centuries of Leiden Cloth Industry, 1300–1800
Jori Zijlmans
8 Health, Social Care and Old Age Provisions in Medieval and Early Modern Leiden
Henk Looijesteijn, Evelien Walhout and Jaco Zuijderduijn
9 Differences at Work: Migrants, Men and Women in the Leiden Labour Market
Ariadne Schmidt
10 Social Control and the Uses of Justice in Leiden, 1500–1800
Manon van der Heijden
11 Change and Continuity in Leiden’s Medieval Ecclesiastical Landscape
Elizabeth den Hartog
12 Religious Diversity in Leiden, 1550–1800
Christine Kooi
13 Migration and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Leiden
Alisa van de Haar and Johannes Müller
14 The University as Urban Pride: Town-Gown Relations in Leiden, 1575–1850
Ronald Sluijter
Index
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Leiden in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Ariadne Schmidt and Arie van Steensel
2 The Urban Landscape of Medieval Leiden
Chrystel Brandenburgh, Roos van Oosten, Edwin Orsel and Ed van der Vlist
3 Fire and Flow: Sanitation, Safety and Community Politics in Leiden, 1300–1570
Janna Coomans
4 The Fuel of the City: Energy Consumption in Early Modern Leiden, 1450–1850
Wout Saelens
5 Power, Governance and Inequality in Late Medieval Leiden
Arie van Steensel
6 Civic Militias and Urban Politics in Leiden, 1600–1800
Maarten Prak
7 Working for Export: Five Centuries of Leiden Cloth Industry, 1300–1800
Jori Zijlmans
8 Health, Social Care and Old Age Provisions in Medieval and Early Modern Leiden
Henk Looijesteijn, Evelien Walhout and Jaco Zuijderduijn
9 Differences at Work: Migrants, Men and Women in the Leiden Labour Market
Ariadne Schmidt
10 Social Control and the Uses of Justice in Leiden, 1500–1800
Manon van der Heijden
11 Change and Continuity in Leiden’s Medieval Ecclesiastical Landscape
Elizabeth den Hartog
12 Religious Diversity in Leiden, 1550–1800
Christine Kooi
13 Migration and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Leiden
Alisa van de Haar and Johannes Müller
14 The University as Urban Pride: Town-Gown Relations in Leiden, 1575–1850
Ronald Sluijter
Index
This book will be especially relevant to academics and graduate students interested in the premodern history of Leiden and the Low Countries in particular and urban history in general.