Stef Espeel
@stefespeel.bsky.social
Famines, epidemics and their economic impact in a late medieval (urban) context
PhD in History | Postdoc FWO Vlaanderen | @UAntwerp
PhD in History | Postdoc FWO Vlaanderen | @UAntwerp
New book publication ❗ 📖
Last month, my first monograph was published by the Académie royale de Belgique.
It is a slightly reworked version of my PhD, focusing on the grain prices and the grain economy of 14th-C Flanders 🌿
#medievalsky #graineconomy #MiddleAges
For the contents, see below 👇
Last month, my first monograph was published by the Académie royale de Belgique.
It is a slightly reworked version of my PhD, focusing on the grain prices and the grain economy of 14th-C Flanders 🌿
#medievalsky #graineconomy #MiddleAges
For the contents, see below 👇
Prices and Crises
academie-editions.be
October 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
New book publication ❗ 📖
Last month, my first monograph was published by the Académie royale de Belgique.
It is a slightly reworked version of my PhD, focusing on the grain prices and the grain economy of 14th-C Flanders 🌿
#medievalsky #graineconomy #MiddleAges
For the contents, see below 👇
Last month, my first monograph was published by the Académie royale de Belgique.
It is a slightly reworked version of my PhD, focusing on the grain prices and the grain economy of 14th-C Flanders 🌿
#medievalsky #graineconomy #MiddleAges
For the contents, see below 👇
Reposted by Stef Espeel
Epidemics hit harder for those already struggling. New article by colleague @stefespeel.bsky.social maps the impact of medieval plagues on household budgets. Very interesting🧵 below 👇
🚨New publication alert🚨
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
Plague and hunger. Epidemic-induced pressures on household purchasing power in fourteenth-century Flanders
In the late Middle Ages, surging grain prices frequently triggered subsistence crises, as grain was the primary staple of nutrition. When these price shocks coincided with major mortality peaks fro...
doi.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Epidemics hit harder for those already struggling. New article by colleague @stefespeel.bsky.social maps the impact of medieval plagues on household budgets. Very interesting🧵 below 👇
🚨New publication alert🚨
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
Plague and hunger. Epidemic-induced pressures on household purchasing power in fourteenth-century Flanders
In the late Middle Ages, surging grain prices frequently triggered subsistence crises, as grain was the primary staple of nutrition. When these price shocks coincided with major mortality peaks fro...
doi.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
My study on the short-term changes in purchasing power in the county of Flanders during the Black Death and two subsequent plague outbreaks is now out in The History of the Family. doi.org/10.1080/1081...
#BlackDeath #plague #hunger #purchasingpower #medievalstudies
1/11 🧵
Reposted by Stef Espeel
Onderzoek van VUB sociologen over ongelijkheid in het hoger onderwijs: de universiteiten bedienen vooral de middenklasse, alleen tussen 1950 en 70 was er sprake van democratisering www.demorgen.be/nieuws/ongel...
Ongelijkheid aan de universiteit is toegenomen: ‘We zitten weer op het niveau van voor 1950’
Wie geboren werd tussen 1970 en 1994 in de hoge middenklasse, heeft vijf keer zoveel kans om een masterdiploma te halen als een generatiegenoot uit een arbeidersgezin. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de ...
www.demorgen.be
December 3, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Onderzoek van VUB sociologen over ongelijkheid in het hoger onderwijs: de universiteiten bedienen vooral de middenklasse, alleen tussen 1950 en 70 was er sprake van democratisering www.demorgen.be/nieuws/ongel...
Late medieval plague waves as a universal killer? ☠️ Or was it selective to age, sex or wealth? 🤔
10 days left to submit a paper proposal for this special issue!
Do not hesitate to spread the message to anyone of interest.
10 days left to submit a paper proposal for this special issue!
Do not hesitate to spread the message to anyone of interest.
❗ Call for Papers ❗
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
November 20, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Late medieval plague waves as a universal killer? ☠️ Or was it selective to age, sex or wealth? 🤔
10 days left to submit a paper proposal for this special issue!
Do not hesitate to spread the message to anyone of interest.
10 days left to submit a paper proposal for this special issue!
Do not hesitate to spread the message to anyone of interest.
Reposted by Stef Espeel
the biggest mystery in the history of the Second - Medieval - Plague Pandemic: was plague indeed a universal killer? Or was it selective with regard to age, gender, wealth....? We are preparing a special issue on this topic. Contributions welcome!
❗ Call for Papers ❗
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
October 31, 2024 at 4:46 PM
the biggest mystery in the history of the Second - Medieval - Plague Pandemic: was plague indeed a universal killer? Or was it selective with regard to age, gender, wealth....? We are preparing a special issue on this topic. Contributions welcome!
❗ Call for Papers ❗
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
October 31, 2024 at 1:23 PM
❗ Call for Papers ❗
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity
📖💀"The Fortunate and the Forsaken: Selective Mortality in pre-1500 Pandemics"💀📖
(Guest-editors: myself, @tsoens.bsky.social & Sam Geens)
📅Want to participate? Abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024📅
#CFP #plague #mortality #medievalhistory #pandemics #selectivity