Nena Vandeweerdt
Historian specializing in late medieval and early modern socioeconomic history, focusing on gender and labor in premodern cities and the author of Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens.
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Jan 25, 2026 • 42min
Nena Vandeweerdt, "Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay" (Leuven UP, 2025)
Nena Vandeweerdt, historian of late medieval and early modern cities, explores women’s economic roles in Brabant and Biscay. She probes craft guilds, household economies, taxation records, and municipal regulation. Comparative cases like a Bilbao grain broker reveal how institutions made some women's work visible while others stayed hidden.
