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1984
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Christian Vandenbroeke, « Le cas flamand : évolution sociale et comportements démographiques aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1984.283109
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The Flander's Case : Social Evolution and Demographic Changes in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Since the 16th and 17th centuries few areas developed a rural industry - and in particular a linen industry - as spectacularly as Flanders. The area thus calls for extensive studies of its demographic development and its relationship to social and economic history. It is undeniable that both the beginning and the end of the proto-industrial period show pauperization of the population. But these facts do not apply at all to the intermediate period of the 18th century when the standard of living of the rural population was temporarily very high, as was the case in the 14th and 15th centuries. A finer distinction of the demographic components should also be made. The industrialized areas in the south and center of Flanders did not have an excessively high birth, marriage or death rate. On the other hand, there does appear to have been a growth in migration.