Common resources

The data collection of this project entails the processing of a range of documents, that reside in archives, primary and secondary literature. The researcher can have access to complete databases on a number of parameters right away. In some cases we also provide scans of the original documents, by way of example. The type of documents used differs from country to country, while the geographic scope of the data collection varies from institution to institution.

The datasets

Present-day country Type Period Links
Commons      
Netherlands / Belgium Markegenootschappen / Gemene gronden 793- Dataset
Description
Collection report
Contributors
Netherlands / Belgium / Spain / England Commons’ rules and regulations 1100-1800 Dataset
Codebook
Contributors
Guilds      
Netherlands Journeymen’s boxes 1500-1820 Dataset
Description
Collection report
Contributors
Netherlands Craft guilds 1201-1972 Dataset
Belgium Craft guilds 936-19th c. Dataset
Contributors
England Craft guilds 1064- Dataset
Contributors
Italy Craft guilds 1112-1794 Dataset
Contributors
China Craft guilds 1528-1911 Dataset
Collection report
Contributors
Waterboards      
Netherlands Waterboards 1100- Dataset
Description
Collection report
Beguinages      
Belgium Beguinages 1207-1994 Dataset
Description
Netherlands / Belgium / France / Germany Beguinages 1207-1994 Dataset