Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades

Heidi Deneweth

Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades

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Abstract

What is still missing in construction history is an understanding of the submarket for renovation, maintenance and repair work - a submarket that probably had a larger turnover than new construction, but bare-ly left any paper trails in the past. However, insight into the working of this submarket is required before we can even start analysing how building contractors and building craftsmen divided their activities between new con-struction and renovation. This paper uses 100 well-documented histories of houses along the Rapenburg in Lei-den (The Netherlands), detects renovation cycles and analyses their main characteristics and determinants. Ren-ovation offered the actors in the building process many opportunities but involved certain risks as well. At-tempts to manage risk can be seen in their entrepreneurial strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018
Editors	Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde, Inge Bertels, Bernard Espion, Krista De Jonge, Denis Zastavni
Place of Publication	Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	537-545
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-58414-3
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2018
Event	6th International Congress on Construction history - Palais des Académies, Brussels, Belgium Duration: 9 Jul 2018 → 13 Jul 2018 http://6ICCH.org

Conference

Conference	6th International Congress on Construction history
Abbreviated title	6ICCH
Country	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	9/07/18 → 13/07/18
Internet address	http://6ICCH.org

Keywords

Private Housing
Renovation works
Entrepreneurs
Early Modern Period
Leiden (The Netherlands)

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FWOTM841: Risks and Opportunities. Building Contractors in Antwerp and Brussels, 1500-1900
Deneweth, H.
1/10/16 → 30/09/19
Project: Fundamental
IRP7_a: Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015
Wouters, I., Wouters, I., Bertels, I., Bertels, I., Deneweth, H., Ryckewaert, M., Scholliers, P., Sosnowska, P., Van de Voorde, S., van Heur, B. & Verdonck, A.
1/07/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Fundamental
SRP27: SRP (Groeiers): The cradle of modernity? Social dynamics in the cities of Brabant and Flanders in a comparative and long-term perspective, 1350-1914
Winter, A., Buylaert, F., Baguet, J., De Koster, M., Ryckbosch, W., Van den Broeck, N., Verbeke, A., Feys, T., Deneweth, H., Horemans, B., Plettinck, G., Adriaens, M., Wauters, R., Vermeesch, G., Vanruysseveldt, V., Vervaeke, A. A., Everaert, J., Erkul, A., Volkov, V., Coppens, A., Debackere, E., Verbruggen, T., Loockx, K., Beeckaert, E., Saelens, W., Leloup, W., Degraeve, M. & Schepers, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Fundamental

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Deneweth, H. (2018). Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades. In I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, I. Bertels, B. Espion, K. De Jonge, & D. Zastavni (Eds.), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018 (Vol. 1, pp. 537-545). CRC Press.

Deneweth, Heidi. / Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018. editor / Ine Wouters ; Stephanie Van de Voorde ; Inge Bertels ; Bernard Espion ; Krista De Jonge ; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 1 Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden : CRC Press, 2018. pp. 537-545

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Deneweth, H 2018, Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades. in I Wouters, S Van de Voorde, I Bertels, B Espion, K De Jonge & D Zastavni (eds), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018. vol. 1, CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden, pp. 537-545, 6th International Congress on Construction history, Brussels, Belgium, 9/07/18.

Renovating early modern Leiden: new perspectives on the building trades. / Deneweth, Heidi.

Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018. ed. / Ine Wouters; Stephanie Van de Voorde; Inge Bertels; Bernard Espion; Krista De Jonge; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 1 Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden : CRC Press, 2018. p. 537-545.

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IRP7_a: Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015

SRP27: SRP (Groeiers): The cradle of modernity? Social dynamics in the cities of Brabant and Flanders in a comparative and long-term perspective, 1350-1914

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