Subsidies to the Rescue. The funding of poor relief in Flemish village communities during the crisis of the 1840s, a comparative analysis

This article questions changes in the funding of local poor relief during the 1845-1848 food crisis in Flemish village communities. This will be studied comparativelybetween three distinct regions in Flanders: inner-Flanders, coastal Flanders, and theWaasland. In all three regions it was local relie...

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Main Author: Esther Beeckaert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2019-03-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
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Online Access:http://www.tseg.nl/articles/10.18352/tseg.1002/