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PhD in History (@UrbanHistoryUA). Postdoc at State Archives Belgium | Food prices, famine and responses to crises in the late medieval Low Countries
Sep 15, 2021 20 tweets 6 min read
In this thread, I will concisely explain what my #PhD (in history), which I defended last month (@UAntwerpen), is about. #ThesisThread #twitterstorians #medievaltwitter

If you're interested in premodern (or late medieval) famines and grain price shocks, read on! 👇 1/20 The big debate within the study of hunger and food crises largely hinges on the question of if the production rather than the allocation of food was decisive in the development of famine.

The (inter)regional trade in food is crucial in that debate. 2/20