Leenders, K.A.H.W.. Noord-Vlaanderen en de Noordwesthoek: een vergelijking.
Tijdschrift voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis 5 (1996) 67 - 73. (1996n)
Summary
In the last 10 years new studies about now vanished peat areas in Flanders
and Brabant were published by Augustijn and Leenders. In those peatlands
the anthropogene factor in the landscape history has been very strong. The
question is then whether only peatdigging (for turf or saltmaking) or also
or even predominantly agrarian use was an important sub-factor. Furthermore
it is interesting to know to which extent medieval people could forsee the
consequencies of their activities. See map.
After a comparision of the history of the peatlands in Flanders, Brabant and the
south of Holland, an attempt is made to answer these questions.
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