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The Spade in de Dijk is the first synthesis on the organisation of water management in Coastal Flanders during the later Middle Ages. Based on the unique archival evidence produced by local water boards (wateringen), large landowners and local and regional authorities, Tim Soens argues for the occurrence of profound changes in coastal water management in the later Middle Ages. Water management gradually became less inclusive, investments lowered, and flood risk increased. This evolution was triggered by the social transition from a peasant society of land-owning smallholders to a society of absentee landlords and large tenant farmers.

Belgium --- Flemish --- c 1000 CE to c 1500 --- c 1500 to c 1600 --- For emergent readers (adult) --- European history --- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 --- Maritime history --- Histoire rurale --- Littoral --- Marée --- Inondation --- Water districts - Belgium - Flanders - History --- Dikes (Engineering) - Belgium - Flanders - History --- Reclamation of land - Belgium - Flanders - History --- Flandre --- Water resources development --- Coastal zone management --- Ressources en eau --- History --- History. --- Exploitation --- Histoire --- Aménagement --- Flanders (Belgium) --- Flandre (Belgique) --- Rural conditions --- Conditions rurales --- Dikes (Engineering) --- Reclamation of land --- Water districts --- 338 <09> <493.3> --- 63 <09> <493.3> --- Lokale geschiedenis --- Middeleeuwen --- Nieuwe Tijd --- 63 <09> <493.3> History of agriculture--België, provincie West-Vlaanderen --- History of agriculture--België, provincie West-Vlaanderen --- 338 <09> <493.3> Economische geschiedenis--België, provincie West-Vlaanderen --- Economische geschiedenis--België, provincie West-Vlaanderen --- Water conservation districts --- Water control districts --- Natural resources conservation areas --- Special districts --- Land, Reclamation of --- Land melioration --- Land reclamation --- Melioration of land --- Land use --- Shore protection --- Dykes (Engineering) --- Flood dams and reservoirs --- Hydraulic structures --- Levees --- Earthwork --- Vlaanderen --- Geografie --- Landschapskunde --- Historische geografie --- België.