Sixteenth-Century Antwerp and Its Rural Surroundings ― Social and Economic Change in the Hinterland of a Commerical Metropolis (Ca. 1450- Ca. 1570)

Written as an extension to Limberger's PhD thesis (2002, U. of Antwerp), this title is also a part of a larger project titled "City and Society in the Low Countries, 1200-1800," with participants including several low countries universities and other academic institutions. Limberger focuses specifically on the social and economic changes of Antwerp and its rural surroundings, with topics including the urban impact on the rural economy, demographic changes, urban demand and the agrarian system, agrarian production and productivity, landlords and the great landowners, and peasants and their access to land. Multiple appendices are provided with information from primary sources, though no index is supplied. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)