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SUMMARY:Relief Stocks in Early Modern Holland - Jessica Dijkman\, Universi
 ty of Utrecht
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CONTACT:Amy Erickson
DESCRIPTION:In the towns of early modern Holland\, grain price peaks trigg
 ered reactions by the urban authorities. Among them were public grain purc
 hases\, to be used for relief. This paper analyses the development of this
  practice in Amsterdam between the mid-sixteenth and mid-eighteenth centur
 y\, looking at volumes purchased\, expenses incurred and methods employed 
 for the distribution of relief. The crises of 1556-57 and 1698-1700 are ex
 amined in greater detail.
LOCATION:History Faculty Room 12
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