The ‘revolt of the early modernists’ and the ‘first modern economy’: an assessment
J.L. van Zanden
Established views of the early modern economy have changed considerably. De Vries and Van der Woude maintain that Dutch was exceptional in its process ‘modern economic growth’ 1500–1815. This article argues growth Netherlands probably not much faster than England, as is clear from development real wages. The modernity this period appears to be a product institutional changes middle ages.
The Economic History Review