Measuring the long-distance trade of the Low Countries: processing the mid-sixteenth-century tax registers into a relational database University of Antwerp
In this project a series of mid-sixteenth-century ledgers concerning the import and export to and from the Low Countries will be digitalized and entered into a relational database, which will be accessible online through the research center website of the applicant. The data allow a detailed analysis of international trade in the region during a phase of economic growth. The volumes of certain commodities (for example, textiles), the relative ...