Capital Women The European Marriage Pattern, Female Empowerment and Economic Development in Western Europe 1300-1800

Jan Luiten van Zanden is professor of Global Economic History at Utrecht University. His research interests focus on the reconstruction and explanation of long-term trajectories in the world economy with the goal of understanding the deep roots of contemporary societal problems.

Tine De Moor is professor of Institutions for Collective Action in historical perspective at Utrecht University. She is closely engaged with translating insights from the study of collectively managed institutions in the past to help organisations working in the present.

Sarah Carmichael is an Assistant Professor in the economic and social history group of Utrecht University. Her research focuses on devising historical measures of gender inequality and exploring how family organization impacts upon the position of women.