Maarten Prak
Research Institute for History and Art History
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Maarten Prak is Professor of Social and Economic History at the Department of History and Art History. His research concentrates on the lives of the inhabitants of European - and especially Dutch - towns during the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Major topics in his research are: citizenship, institutions, cultural industries, guilds and human capital
Research Interest
Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Publications
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van Zanden, J.L. & Prak, M.R. (2015). Soziale und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen im niederländischen Polder. In Friso Wielenga & Markus Wilp (Eds.), Die Niederlande - Ein Länderbericht (pp. 353-385) (33 p.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
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Prak, M.R. (2015). ‘Citizens, soldiers and civic militias in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe’. Past & Present, 228 (1), (pp. 93-123) (31 p.).
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Hoogenboom, M.J.M., Kissane, C., Prak, M.R., Wallis, P. & Minns, C. (2016). Guild traditions, economic development and the formation of national political economies in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in the 19th and early 20th centuries. (39 p.). bEUcitizen Project.
